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2020-03-11 Home Front: Politix
Hunter Biden cites coronavirus, wife's pregnancy to avoid deposition until after Election Day
[FOXNEWS] Hunter Biden's attorneys have abruptly asked the Arkansas judge in his ongoing paternity case to postpone his scheduled March 11 deposition until after Election Day, saying the coronavirus outbreak, his wife's "imminent due date" and "intense media scrutiny" all pose a risk of "personal endangerment" for the former vice president's son.

Additionally, Biden's legal team argues he should not be held in contempt for failing to turn over a slew of financial documents related to child support. Republicans have said the information could contain damaging evidence of the younger Biden's overseas business dealings and possible corruption.

"Defendant's wife's due date is imminent," Biden's request for continuance reads. "Defendant will supplement this motion as soon as possible with an affidavit of his wife's treating physician."

Additionally, "it is unsafe for the Defendant to travel, as travel restrictions have been implemented both domestically and internationally, particularly on airlines, due to the Coronavirus. Setting aside personal endangerment, Defendant reasonably believes that such travel unnecessarily exposes his wife and unborn child to this virus."

Coverage from various media outlets -- including Fox News, The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

, NPR and The New York Post -- has led to "physical risks and logistics difficulties with travel to Arkansas," the motion continues.

It notes that Biden has already agreed to pay an undisclosed monthly amount of child support, retroactive to November 2018. That agreement came only after Independence County Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer threatened to hold him in contempt, and led to a brief suspension in contempt proceedings. However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
Meyer emphasized that she still had "insufficient" documentation to determine Biden's financial capacity to support the child.
Posted by Fred 2020-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [13 views ]  Top

#1 I'm so tired of looking at this moron, with his simian rictus smile and those half-opened beatific eyes.

Can't we lock him away already?
Posted by Lex 2020-03-11 00:37||   2020-03-11 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not at all concerned. Hunter is a huge liability to the Dems and the Deep State. We all know how the Deep State handles huge liabilities.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-03-11 00:53||   2020-03-11 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 I recommend avoiding parks, stairwells, and prisons.
Posted by SteveS 2020-03-11 00:57||   2020-03-11 00:57|| Front Page Top

#4 And nail guns. And barbells. And rail road tracks.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2020-03-11 05:31||   2020-03-11 05:31|| Front Page Top

#5 "intense media scrutiny"
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2020-03-11 07:16||   2020-03-11 07:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Poster child of Male White Privilege(tm)

The Left always with Freudian Projection
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-03-11 09:30||   2020-03-11 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 They should force him to Skype his deposition from his 'home', in the presence of plenty of local law enforcement.
Posted by Raj 2020-03-11 09:37||   2020-03-11 09:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Raj is correct. There are alternative ways of conducting business safely. Because of weather and distance issues we have done distance comms for years in Alaska. Last one was a precon with a state agency in Alaska while I attended via Skype in a Glasgow hotel room on my laptop.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-03-11 10:42||   2020-03-11 10:42|| Front Page Top

#9 One good thing about coronavirus is that it provides a convenient excuse for all kinds of things:

Wanna skip your neighbor's tedious party? Coronavirus.

Don't wanna go to a boring meeting? Coronavirus.

Afraid to debate your opponent in the election? Coronavirus.

Don't wanna face yo baby mama's lawyers? Coronavirus.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-11 12:31||   2020-03-11 12:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Oh, and those beatific eyes? Drugs.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-03-11 12:33||   2020-03-11 12:33|| Front Page Top

#11 yeah it's drugs, as a recovering addict I know that look.
Posted by Chris 2020-03-11 17:15||   2020-03-11 17:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Uh huh, sure.
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-03-11 17:57||   2020-03-11 17:57|| Front Page Top

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