Former Ethics Chief Warns Secret Funders of Hunter’s Legal Defense Put President in the Hot Seat
FIRST ON FOX President Biden must set up a “firewall” Between him and the first son Hunter Biden Legal woes for his allies. A legal defense fund is being considered by Richard Painter, a law professor and former President George W. Bush’s chief White House ethical lawyer. This was disclosed to Fox News Digital by Fox News Digital
Painter claimed that Hunter Biden is “a private citizen, so he’s going to disclose whatever he has to disclose,” But the first son is “probably going to get away with not disclosing any of it.”
“Just like with these paintings he’s selling and he should be disclosing who’s buying the artwork, but he’s not,” Painter. “And it will probably follow the same approach to the legal defense fund.”
Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota, told Fox News Digital that President Biden must set up a “firewall” Between himself and Hunter Biden, his legal defense.
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“The only thing I think the president and the White House can do is set up a firewall here, distance themselves from Hunter Biden’s defense,” The University of Minnesota law professor did not stop.
Painter, who was active in the past years as a vice chairman and board member. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), an liberal watchdog group, stated that the son of the president is “a grown-up” With attorneys, he can speak to and “shouldn’t be talking to his dad, the President of the United States, about his criminal defense.”
Professor of law also stated that the Bidens’ legal departments should not coordinate if the potential legal defense fund for their first son doesn’t disclose its donors.
“If I were the president’s legal team, I’d say, ‘Look, if Hunter Biden won’t disclose the name of the donors to the legal defense fund, we are going to have to not coordinate with his legal team. We do our thing, they do their thing,'” Painter.
Craig Holman, a government affairs lawyer specializing on ethics, stated to Fox News Digital “are very few rules in place for legal defense funds for executive branch employees, let alone family members of executive branch employees.”
“While Congress has stringent contribution limits, source prohibitions and disclosure requirements for legal defense funds of members of Congress, even these rules do not apply to family members who are not congressional employees,” Holman said.
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Hunter Biden’s first son hired a team o attorneys to represent him during his long-running federal tax investigation.
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“The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is currently considering establishing rules for executive branch employees, the agency has not done so yet,” He went on. “And the rules under consideration would not extend to family members.”
Holman stated that “Hunter Biden certainly could voluntarily disclose major donors to his legal expense fund,” It is important to note that “Bill Clinton voluntarily disclosed his donors back in the 1990s, even though he was under no requirement to do so.”
“Given Hunter Biden’s relationship to the President of the United States, and the political controversies that have surrounded Hunter, it would be prudent for Hunter to voluntarily disclose his major donors,” Holman added.
Tuesday saw reports Biden’s close aides floated the idea of a defense funds as the first son, racking up legal debts in excess of $2.5 million.
Hunter Biden has hired a team to represent him in his long-running federal tax investigation.
According to anonymous sources, the Washington Post was told Tuesday by Washington Post that the idea was conceived because of the increasing debt the first son incurred as he pursues a more aggressive legal strategy.
The sources also noted that Hunter Biden’s resources are stretching thin — even amid his ritzy art career with five- and six-figure price tags. Although it is not clear how much he owes the company, it is likely that some fees will be reduced or donated pro bono.
His legal woes have been the topic of much political discussion. The Washington Post noted in December that his defense team was “almost frantically” assembling, “not fully coordinating” You run the risk it will “not share a unified approach” The investigation will begin.
This is the detail of the piece “a strategy session last September” where Hunter Biden’s lawyer Kevin Morris pushed “Hunter Biden’s camp to be more aggressive” Biden corruption claims are being investigated by conservatives
Sources also noted that Hunter Biden’s resources are stretching thin — even amid his ritzy art career with five- and six-figure price tags.
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According to the outlet his legal defense is divided into multiple teams. “Hunter Biden has been working with Morris, his friend and sometime financial benefactor, and a team of researchers. The younger Biden has also hired several other lawyers — Chris Clark, who is handling a federal criminal investigation into his business dealings and other matters.”
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They wrote about Morris’s accomplishments. “attracted the attention of House Republicans, who sent him a letter in June asking about reports that he gave Hunter Biden some $2 million to help pay off a tax bill that is a subject of the federal investigation.”
As such, “Some involved in these efforts argue that Hunter Biden and Morris should stay out of the limelight so Democrats can focus on painting the Republican investigations as a partisan political exercise.”
Fox News Digital made a request for comment from the White House, but it did not immediately respond.
Gabriel Hays, Fox News Digital, contributed to this report.
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