Lawyers for Hunter Biden sent a letter to former President Donald Trump demanding he stop criticizing the first son — and said violence is possible if Trump doesn’t let up his attacks.
The cease-and-desist letter on Thursday claimed Trump’s criticism of Hunter was both defamatory and would incite violence. It comes at a legally perilous time for Hunter; House Republicans are set to hear from an IRS whistleblower as part of their mounting investigations into the troubled first son.
Hunter’s lawyers letter invoked the attack of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, as evidence that President Joe Biden’s youngest son is in danger.
“We are just one such social media message away from another incident,” the letter claims.
“Nancy Pelosi’s husband [is] a cautionary tale of the dangers of online rhetoric,” it read.
“You should make it clear to Mr Trump – if you have not done so already – that Mr Trump’s words have caused harm in the past and threaten to do so again if he does not stop,” the letter tells Trump’s lawyers.
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NEW: Hunter Biden’s attorney demands Donald Trump cease & desist from statements “both defamatory and likely to incite” violence against the U.S. president’s son.
Invoking the Paul Pelosi attack, he says “we are just one such social media message away from another incident.” pic.twitter.com/UiP7rK7ebV
— Frank G. Runyeon (@frankrunyeon) July 13, 2023
Republicans who lead three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department’s handling of charges against the troubled first son after making claims about misconduct at the agency, and a key whistleblower is set to come forward next week.
Leaders of the House Judiciary, Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means committees opened a joint investigation into the federal case into President Joe Biden’s youngest son days after it was announced last month that he will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of a “sweetheart” plea deal with the Justice Department.
Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, James Comer of Kentucky and Jason Smith of Missouri have since issued a series of requests for voluntary testimony from senior officials at the Justice Department, FBI and Internal Revenue Service as they investigate what they claim is improper interference.
Republicans have also requested a special counsel review of supposed retaliation against the whistleblowers who came forward with the claims.
The congressional inquiry was launched after the House Ways and Means Committee, led by Smith, voted last month to publicly disclose hundreds of pages of testimony from the IRS employees who worked on the Hunter Biden case.
The transcripts of Greg Shapley and an unidentified agent detail what they called a pattern of “slow-walking investigative steps” and delaying enforcement actions in the months before the 2020 election won by Joe Biden.
The Justice Department has denied the whistleblower claims and said repeatedly that U.S. Attorney David Weiss in Delaware, the federal prosecutor who led the investigation, had “full authority” of the case.
The Horn editorial team and the Associated Press contributed to this article