Hunter Biden Asks to Subpoena Trump for Evidence of Political Pressure
Hunter Biden on Wednesday filed a motion in federal court seeking internal documents exchanged between ex-President Donald Trump and top-level Department of Justice officials—including former Attorney General William Barr—that he believes could expose dirty dealings behind the gun charges he is facing.
The investigation into Biden began in late 2018, “during the administration of then President Trump,” the filing states. Since then, “public reporting [has] reveal[ed] certain instances that appear to suggest incessant, improper, and partisan pressure applied by then President Trump” on Barr, as well as Acting and Assistant AGs Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue, to investigate and prosecute the 53-year-old Biden, come hell or high water.
In one example, the motion says Trump told Donoghue and Rosen to “figure out what to do with H[unter] Biden,” and insisted that “people will criticize the DOJ if he’s not investigated for real.” It also cites Barr’s recent memoir, in which the former AG yelled at a fixated Trump, arguing, “Dammit, Mr. President, I am not going to talk to you about Hunter Biden. Period!”