Hunter Biden Dealt Blow as Judge Rejects Effort to Avoid Court Appearance

Hunter Biden has been ordered by a decide to seem in individual at an Arkansas court docket on Monday regardless of his attorneys’ effort to maintain him out of the courtroom for a contempt listening to in a baby assist and paternity case.

The Arkansas case includes a lady who has stated Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, owes her youngster assist. Court docket paperwork have proven {that a} DNA check confirmed the president’s son is the daddy of Lunden Roberts’ 4-year-old daughter, and agreed in 2020 to make retroactive youngster assist funds going again to 2018, native CBS affiliate KFSM 5 Information reported Friday.

Whereas the case first arose in 2019, its was later reopened as new motions had been filed by Hunter Biden and Roberts. These motions included an effort to a modify the quantity of kid assist, altering the kid’s final identify to Biden, and forcing the president’s son to seem in individual on the courthouse.

Attorneys representing Hunter Biden had made a last-ditch effort to maintain their shopper out of the courtroom, asking the decide if he may seem remotely by way of video or telephone as an alternative. Independence County Circuit Choose Holly Meyer rejected that request on Friday, asserting that “all events are to bodily seem,” the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported.

Meyer additionally warned that “the court docket will implement these orders” for all concerned events.

In the meantime, Hunter Biden’s legal professional Brent Langdon had argued that his shopper needs to be allowed to seem remotely. He cited “time, expense, logistical challenges and particularly the media occasion any in-person listening to would create,” however the decide in the end dismissed these issues.

The authorized saga in Arkansas continues amid the backdrop of a federal investigation courting again to 2018. That probe seeks to find out if the president’s son violated tax legislation associated to varied enterprise ventures, together with work with overseas shoppers. Prosecutors have reportedly additionally thought of expenses concerning Hunter Biden’s alleged lie about his drug use on a gun utility kind.

The authorized points involving the Democratic president’s son have drawn intense scrutiny and backlash from Republican critics. High Home Republicans have vowed to research Hunter Biden’s varied enterprise dealings, with some saying that the Division of Justice (DOJ) isn’t doing an sufficient job. The prosecutor main the DOJ probe is U.S. Lawyer David Weiss, a Trump-era appointee.

The president and U.S. Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland have vowed publicly to not intrude within the federal investigation. Nevertheless, Joe Biden has additionally confronted right-wing criticism for failing to publicly acknowledge his granddaughter concerned within the Arkansas case.

On Thursday, Fox Information printed an article that was headlined: “Biden once more refuses to acknowledge Hunter’s out-of-wedlock daughter whereas talking about grandchildren.” The article identified that the president talked about chatting with his “six” grandchildren every day, with out acknowledging the seventh grandchild, Roberts’ daughter.

In accordance with Fox Information, Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden have repeatedly disregarded the out-of-wedlock granddaughter in public feedback. Republican Nationwide Committee’s (RNC) deputy communications director Zach Parkinson additionally drew consideration to the difficulty on Thursday on Twitter.

“There’s solely three choices right here, none of that are good: Biden cannot bear in mind what number of grandkids he truly has, Biden is aware of and chooses to actively neglect his personal grandchild, Hunter hasn’t advised him/lied to him concerning the paternity check,” Parkinson tweeted.

Newsweek reached out to Hunter Biden’s legal professional Brent Langdon for remark by way of electronic mail on Saturday morning. This text will probably be up to date when and if any response is obtained.