A重组的法律团队代表亨特·拜登的律师正在为他的辩护迈出第一步，这似乎是一种更具侵略性的方法，他在周三发布了一批针对一些最直言不讳的批评者的刑事起诉和停止信函。
亨特·拜登的律师阿贝·洛威尔(Abbe Lowell)写信给司法部和特拉华州司法部长办公室，要求调查人员调查几名据称在“访问、复制、操纵和/或传播拜登先生的个人电脑数据”中发挥作用的特工的行为，其中包括鲁迪·朱利安尼(Rudy Giuliani)、史蒂夫·班农和前总统的其他支持者唐纳德·特朗普。
洛厄尔说:“上述行为不仅值得进行全面调查，而且根据调查结果，可能值得根据各种法规进行起诉。”“一个私人和他的律师寻求被调查的其他人并不是一件常见的事情，但这里的行动和动机需要它。”
执法机构没有义务对这种移交采取行动，也没有义务承认这种移交。
洛厄尔还写信给美国国税局(Internal Revenue Service)，要求调查前特朗普白宫助手加勒特·齐格勒(Garrett Ziegler)，后者最近公布了一批据称与亨特·拜登有关的电子邮件。这封信质疑齐格勒的组织Marco Polo的免税地位，该组织是作为501(c)(3)备案的。
齐格勒的组织“未能完全以慈善为目的，”洛厄尔写信给该机构。“相反，(马可·波罗)的所作所为几乎是一种不加掩饰的政治操作，目的是攻击拜登政府和拜登家族。”
亨特·拜登聘请的诽谤律师布莱恩·沙利文(Bryan Sullivan)也向福克斯新闻频道和塔克·卡尔森发出了一封停止通知函，要求该网络及其黄金时段主持人撤回并更正他们关于亨特·拜登向其父亲支付租金的报道，他们声称这是总统与其儿子的财务安排关系更密切的证据。
沙利文写道，卡尔森对这个故事的传播“公然违反了所有的新闻专业主义”，他还警告说，如果该网络未能在周四结束前同意撤回，将会有“潜在的诉讼”。Sullivan还要求福克斯新闻频道保存任何与处理该事件相关的记录。
对于小拜登来说，律师为总统唯一在世的儿子改变策略是在一个不稳定的时期，因为共和党对他的商业交易的审查越来越多，据报道联邦检察官对他的税务问题长达数年的调查即将结束。
据美国广播公司新闻网此前报道，由特朗普时代任命的美国司法部长魏红星领导的特拉华州联邦检察官办公室的联邦当局自2018年以来一直在调查亨特·拜登，但在2020年总统大选前暂停了几个月。
2020年12月，在乔·拜登获得总统职位后不久，亨特·拜登证实了对他的“税务”的调查，调查进入了公众视野检察官已经调查了他是否缴纳足够的税款数百万美元的收入，包括他从多个海外企业赚来的钱。
亨特·拜登一再表示，他正在与调查人员合作，并仍然“100%肯定”他将被清除任何不当行为。拜登总统表示，他和他的儿子从未讨论过他的海外商业交易，也没有迹象表明联邦调查以任何方式涉及总统。白宫一再试图让总统远离调查。
与此同时，在国会山，共和党人采取了他们的最初的调查步骤在期待已久的国会对年轻的拜登的调查中。众议院监督委员会主席詹姆斯·科莫(James Comer)和众议院司法委员会(House Judiciary Committee)主席吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)称，对总统家庭的调查是“当务之急”，并承诺“追查一切”不法行为。他们说，他们“愿意”与亨特·拜登谈话，但没有宣布发出传票的计划。
著名辩护律师洛厄尔于去年12月加入亨特·拜登的法律团队，协助国会监督调查。他代理过许多知名的政治人物，包括贾里德·库什纳和伊万卡·特朗普;新泽西州参议员鲍勃·梅嫩德斯;和前参议员约翰·爱德华兹。
Hunter Biden asks for Trump allies to be investigated, sends cease-and-desist to Fox News
A revamped legal team representing Hunter Biden is taking the first steps in what appears to be a more aggressive approach to his defense, disseminating on Wednesday a batch of criminal referrals and cease-and-desist letters targeting some of his most vocal detractors.
Abbe Lowell, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, wrote to the Justice Department and the Delaware attorney general's office asking investigators to examine the conduct of several operatives who allegedly played a role in "accessing, copying, manipulating, and/or disseminating Mr. Biden's personal computer data," including Rudy Giuliani, Steve Bannon, and other supporters of former President Donald Trump.
"The actions described above more than merit a full investigation and, depending on the resulting facts, may merit prosecution under various statutes," Lowell said. "It is not a common thing for a private person and his counsel to seek someone else being investigated, but the actions and motives here require it."
Law enforcement agencies are not obligated to act on such referrals, nor are they required to acknowledge them.
Lowell also wrote to the Internal Revenue Service requesting a probe into Garrett Ziegler, a former Trump White House aide who recently published a trove of emails allegedly tied to Hunter Biden. That letter challenges the tax-exempt status of Ziegler's organization, Marco Polo, which is filed as a 501(c)(3).
Ziegler's organization "has failed to operate solely for charitable purposes," Lowell wrote to the agency. "To the contrary, [Marco Polo] has operated as little more than a thinly disguised political operation to attack the Biden administration and the Biden family."
Bryan Sullivan, a defamation lawyer retained by Hunter Biden, also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Fox News and Tucker Carlson, asking the network and its primetime host to retract and correct a report they ran about alleged rent payments Hunter Biden made to his father, which they have claimed as evidence that the president was more closely tied to his son's financial arrangements.
Carlson's promulgation of the story stands in "flagrant violation of all journalistic professionalism," wrote Sullivan, who also warned of "potential litigation" if the network fails to agree to a retraction by the end of the day on Thursday. Sullivan also asked that Fox News preserve any records related to its handling of the story.
The change in tack by lawyers for the president's only living son comes at a precarious time for the younger Biden, as Republican scrutiny of his business dealings ramps up and federal prosecutors reportedly near the conclusion of their years-long probe into his tax affairs.
Federal authorities in the Delaware U.S. attorney's office, led by U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a Trump-era appointee, have been investigating Hunter Biden since 2018, ABC News has previously reported, but paused for several months ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
The probe spilled into public view in December 2020, shortly after Joe Biden secured the presidency, when Hunter Biden confirmed the probe into his "tax affairs." Prosecutors have since examined whether he paid adequate taxes on millions of dollars of his income, including money he made from multiple overseas business ventures.
Hunter Biden has repeatedly said he is cooperating with investigators and remains "100% certain" that he will be cleared of any wrongdoing. President Biden has said he and his son never discussed his foreign business dealings, and there are no indications that the federal investigation involves the president in any way. The White House has repeatedly sought to distance the president from the probe.
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Republicans have taken their first investigative steps in a long-awaited congressional probe into the younger Biden. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, have called investigations into the president's family a "top priority" and have pledged to "pursue all avenues" of wrongdoing. They said they "would love" to speak with Hunter Biden, but did not announce plans to issue a subpoena.
Lowell, a celebrated defense lawyer, joined Hunter Biden's legal team in December to assist with congressional oversight inquiries. He has represented a number of high-profile political figures, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump; Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.; and former Sen. John Edwards.
