Hunter Biden demands that Fox News remove sexually explicit images from its platforms that President Joe BidenThe journalist’s son says they are private, according to a letter obtained by CNN, as part of his strategy to publicly fight conservative media.
The letter sent by Hunter Biden’s lawyers to Fox News and FOX Corp. alleges conspiracy to defame and illegally publish “hacked” images, seeking corrections and retractions on air and in online articles regarding claims that President Biden and his son engaged in corruption. regime abroad.
Hunter Biden’s legal team has engaged in an aggressive legal and public relations strategy for several months. His lawyers have sent letters demanding investigations into Hunter Biden’s opponents and have filed a series of lawsuits against his critics. Hunter Biden’s lawyers say they “anticipate” suing Fox, but have not yet done so.
This reinforced strategy by Hunter Biden to defend himself against the onslaught of the attacks initially aroused the concern of certain political advisers of President Biden. But the president has publicly defended his son, who separately faces gun and tax charges in Delaware and California. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to these criminal charges.
“For the past five years, Fox News has relentlessly attacked and caricatured Hunter Biden in order to boost ratings and for its own financial gain,” said Hunter Biden’s attorneys, Mark Geragos, Bryan Freedman and Tina Glandian, in a press release.
CNN has contacted Fox News for comment on the letter.
The outlet aired a mock trial of Hunter Biden on the Fox Nation streaming platform in 2022, focusing on unproven corruption allegations, and published “intimate footage of Mr. Biden depicting him naked as well as engaging in sexual acts,” according to the letter, which demands that Fox immediately remove the series from all streaming platforms.
“FOX knows that these private and confidential images were hacked, stolen and/or manipulated digital material,” Hunter Biden’s lawyers wrote in the letter, which contained several of the explicit images, some of which were blurred.
According to the lawyers, the publication of these images violates “the majority of state laws prohibiting the non-consensual disclosure of sexually explicit images and videos, sometimes called ‘revenge porn’ laws.”
Hunter Biden’s lawyers are also challenging Fox News’ publication of several articles about corruption allegations, citing an FBI informant who was recently indicted for allegedly lying to investigators about Hunter Biden and the bribery plot.
The informant, Alexander Smirnov, has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and is scheduled to stand trial in December.
Lawyers for the president’s son say Fox News “initially remained silent” on the announcement of Smirnov’s indictment, “although this now makes previous reporting on these allegations highly misleading.”
“Then, in a brazen display of lack of remorse, rather than revisit the story and set the record straight, FOX reiterated its debunked corruption allegations and used Smirnov’s indictment to claim that it was an “intimidation tactic” aimed at silencing “whistleblowers,” “to blame the FBI for its gullibility and to suggest an even deeper conspiracy,” the letter claims.
The letter demands that Fox News post editorial notes about online articles “informing readers of the indictment” and that several prominent Fox News hosts, including Sean Hannity, Maria Bartiromo and Jesse Watters, “inform their viewers on air as they shared a debunked allegation from a source who was federally indicted.
Allegations of corruption have been at the heart of the Republican Party’s impeachment inquiry into President Biden. CNN reported that Republican lawmakers did not have the votes to impeach him.
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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