“Mr. Biden lives abroad.” Those four words in a filing from Barry Coburn confirmed what had long been rumored about his client: Hunter Biden has left the country as his former lawyers and creditors seek millions in unpaid debts. He added, “He cannot pay his current lawyers.”
As I wrote about years ago, Biden’s art grift would dry up as soon as he could no longer deliver influence and access to power. Reportedly unable to move art, Hunter has moved out of the reach of many creditors. He is rumored to be in South Africa, where his wife, Melissa Cohen, was born and raised.
Hunter is the Blanche DuBois of American politics. He has always relied on the kindness (and greed) of strangers when he could allegedly offer influence or access to his father, Joe Biden.
Hunter told a South African podcast in November that “We’re trying to be between Cape Town and the States, go back and forth.” He added, “I’ve fallen madly in love with Cape Town. You guys do not know how good you have it here. It’s the most beautiful city in the world.”
According to his former counsel at Winston & Strawn LLP, Hunter has not paid a “substantial portion” of the fees owed to his legal team. Hunter told the podcast that he is facing “$17 million in debt … as it relates to my legal fees.”
His criminal defense did not ultimately protect him. He was found guilty of a variety of crimes, and his father then broke his repeated promise to the public and pardoned his own son in December 2024.
I have been a long-time critic of the Bidens, going back to when Joe Biden was still a senator. The family was long accused of influence peddling and corruption. Hunter Biden was hardly subtle in marketing his access and influence. He is now without a law license and any known means of support despite an enabling media that pushed his past books and art.
For those of us who have written about the Bidens for decades, the relocation to South Africa is about as surprising as having his father pop into dinners at Cafe Milano with foreign clients. Hunter Biden is the Enfant terrible created by his father and released upon the world.
I recently wrote that the Swalwell scandal reveals an ironic analogy to Hunter’s signature lifestyle. Swalwell supported Hunter and was by his side as he defied a congressional subpoena. Like Hunter, he has controversial dealings, including using tens of thousands of campaign contributions for child care. He even had the campaign support of Hunter’s “sugar brother” Kevin Morris, who appears to have a proclivity for narcissistic, self-destructive personalities.
Swalwell could also face the same financial crunch as Hunter, as his campaign and congressional money run out. If so, there is always South Africa.
This is the SECOND time just this week that Turley has tried to re-tread the “Hunter Biden Scandal”. I’m actually starting to feel sorry for Turley–he used to have some credibility–but, no more. He ignores the war Trump started because Netanyahu was able to get him to start bombing Iran, after he couldn’t get Biden, Obama or Bush to do so–based on the lie that Iran was on the verge of nuking the US. Iran does not have a ballistic missile capable of reaching the US. Iran does not have a nuclear weapon–but Trump continues lying about both of these things. Meanwhle, Netanyahu has been bombing Lebanon to increase Israel’s territory.
You want to talk about stiffing creditors? Trump took BK SIX TIMES! You want to talk about influence peddling? What about Trump’s cryptocurrency scandal–UAE purchasing $2 B worth of his worthless crypto. How about Qatar gifting him a luxury jet that he intends taking with him when he leaves, claiming it will go to the “Presidential Library”. If it’s not going to be used to haul his enormous behind around and is only going to sit in a museum, why are we taxpayers footing the bill for refurbishing and checking for security issues? Then, there’s Saudi Arabia bailing Jared Kushner out of a real estate mess to the tune of $2 B. Is is a mere coincidence that UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are rivals of Iran? Perhaps one of the biggest scandals is Trump permitting sale of sophisticated AI chips to Middle Eastern countries and limiting the supply to US companies–over the objections of US security experts because it could imperil our security and advantages.
From “Bloomberg”:
“(Bloomberg) — Key Senate Democrats urged the Trump administration to revisit new artificial intelligence deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying that expanded sales of AI chips to the Middle Eastern countries risk exposing advanced technology to China and Russia, while potentially limiting supplies available for American companies.
Agreements unveiled by companies including Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. during President Donald Trump’s trip to the region last week opened the door for the Gulf nations to buy tens of thousands of advanced semiconductors, and they could be approved to sell over a million more — just as the administration plans to rescind and rewrite Biden-era rules capping those countries’ access to chips. The combined moves, warned a group of Senate Democrats led by Elizabeth Warren and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, endanger US national security and economic competitiveness.
“Taken together, these announcements amount to a breathtaking rollback of export control restrictions that have helped maintain the US technological edge to ensure the United States wins the AI race and prevent our adversaries from accessing our most sensitive technologies,” the senators wrote in a letter Monday to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.”
Yeah, the big story today is Hunter Biden, who never held elected office and whose father is no longer in office and is dying from metatastic prostate cancer. And, there has never been anything resembling proof of any influence being peddled. Turley has never said exactly what “influence” was peddled–who benefitted? Republicans couldn’t dig up any proof that JOE Biden accepted anything. But, that doesn’t stop MAGA pundits like Turley from implying that influence WAS peddled.
With Trump we have actual PROOF of influence peddling–the lavish gifts, the AI chips, using the US military to start a war that cannot benefit Americans and is actually driving up the cost of everything, but does benefit Israel, after Trump accepted $100 million in a campaign contribution from Miriam Edelman, who made clear she expected Trump to do whatever Netanyahu wants. Turley doesn’t see fit to write about those things.
If you must make false statements please research the issue first.
The contributor was not Miriam Edelman but Miriam Adelson, and she made no such demand.
I’m not a doctor, but your posts are anti-everything which to me (not a doctor) is a sign of “rage”. My feeble advice is to let it go, or you’ll end up in a psych ward.
Is/Was: President Biden Guilty by association with his son Hunter? There’s no legal basis for convicting President Biden because of association, but Accessory, Joint enterprise, Conspiracy, or Imputed negligence could apply. Would pursuing a feeble old man until his death change anything that we don’t already know? Regarding Hunter, his creditors may eventually have to hire a skip-tracer, though never elected he still could be defined as a ‘Fleabagger’.
Is Trump the Antichrist???
A lot of people are beginning to think so.
The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after Trump posted an AI-generated image depicting himself dressed in a white robe and red sash and placing a hand radiating golden light on a man in a hospital bed. The image seemed to invoke Jesus Christ, and it outraged some supporters who likened Trump’s behavior to the antichrist.
Major figures in the MAGA universe quickly spoke out. “It’s more than blasphemy. It’s an Antichrist spirit,” former congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X on Sunday.
“In 18 months I went from hesitantly voting for Trump to thinking there’s a decent chance he’s the antichrist,” added Clint Russell, host of the right-wing Liberty Lockdown podcast.
“I genuinely believe Trump is currently demon possessed,” far-right Texas pastor Joel Webbon wrote on X. Hours later, Webbon hosted a livestream chat titled “Is Donald Trump the Anti-Christ?”
The Knights Templar Order, a Christian organization based on a medieval military order, wrote of the post that they had “no other choice but to condemn it wholeheartedly and ask for a public apology.”
Last week Tucker Carlson also opined that Trump may be the antichrist.
“He’s making fun of Christianity,” the right-wing host said on his Thursday show. “The central figure of the religion is being held up for mockery.”
“One day, he says, yeah, I did it. Next day he says, no, I didn’t do it. Both are on video,” Carlson pointed out. “That’s not really a lie, it’s more than a lie, it’s bigger than a lie. It’s an attack not just on a specific set of facts, it’s an attack on the idea that there are facts. It’s an attack on truth, openly. No one’s hiding this.”
He read a number of verses from the bible and suggested that Trump’s behavior is consistent with the predicted antichrist.
“He will exalt and magnify himself above every God,” he read, “and will say unheard-of things against the God of Gods.”
“Here’s a leader who’s mocking the gods of his ancestors,” Carlson added. “Could this be the Antichrist? At least that’s my conclusion.”
And now Trump is openly attacking the Pope, who is considered the “Vicar of Christ” and the earthly representative of Jesus Christ.
With all due respect and courtesy please seek immediate mental health support.
Pope Leo could be the Antichrist also. He’s also a Chicago Cubs fan.
As for the Knights Templar, a powerful medieval military order founded in the 12th century, had its roots and largest, wealthiest network of commanderies in France. They combined monastic vows with military prowess, protecting pilgrims and inventing modern banking, but were abruptly destroyed in 1307 by King Philip IV of France, culminating in the burning of their last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, in Paris in 1314
Everyone gets religion all of a sudden. The pope is wrong with what he said. The president should have passed on replying to the pope, but since he did, he’s right. The president said it was a doctor not Jesus.
“Hunter Biden has left the country as his former lawyers and creditors seek millions in unpaid debts.”
So you have a long history of shirking personal responsibility and of playing the victim. Now you have massive personal debts that you are unable (or unwilling) to pay. Previously, you had a protection racket — your daddy. Now your daddy’s toothless. What to do?
You move to a country where collecting that debt is complicated and massively expensive for your debtors. Preferably a country whose president is a staunch, vocal critic of your arch-enemy — Trump. Then you suck up to that president by praising his condemnations of Trump.
That country is South Africa. HB’s new protector is South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Maybe Mr. Potato Head co-signed or made him a partner under the “brand”? Afterall, Bidens scored millions off the selling of America to the Chinese.
Somehow, lawyers with 17 million in debt does not generate many sympathy cards. They defended him to burnish their reputations, increase their name recognition, and rub elbows with big time lawyers in DC. Did you expect Hunter’s Daddy to pay it with the White House slush funds?
Joe Biden told us that his son Hunter is the smartest person he knows. We should believe Joe.
There is also always the United States’ extradition treaty with South Africa, should Hunter’s nonpayment reach any criminal proceedings: https://www.state.gov/13060
Regarding the unfortunate Ms. DuBois, for all of her many faults, in the end she was to be pitied. Not so Mr. Biden (either of them).
Hunter Biden is a dead beat. Hunter won’t pay alimony for his child born out wedlock.
Now Hunter stiffed his legal team. Tommy says, put it on my tab.
Dear Mr. Turley, the entire Hunter Biden story is the result of drug use. I am not sure why normally reasonable human beings (Here on this page) would become so worked up over a drug addict? Hunter Biden pulls at the heartstrings because he is a pitiable person of his own making. He played fast and loose with not only drugs but with his father’s name as well. I hope he can find a measure of peace while in South Africa, but I fear he brought his demons with.
What! say what!
I do think that we should have placed him on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic and made him the 21st century Man Without a Country.
The optics are Hunter Biden and his leprous C.V.seeking to do an Ambrose Bierce “The Difficulty of Crossing a Field.” I don’t know if this goes down as a footnote to a much broader kept history of Biden politics, or the exponent that defines it. I note that the timing of the exit idea occurs as we celebrate our nation’s 250th year.
I might have found some respect for the leftist posters on this forum if they would have said,
Trump and Hunter are both convicted so both should be made to pay the price. But instead we get a defense of Hunter and Trump should be in jail. Maybe if these leftist commentators would just one time say what exactly did Hunter do to get millions of dollars from the Chinese and the Ukrainians I could take their rantings against Trump seriously. Alas, it’s like waiting for ice cubes not to melt in hell.
Derangement is like that.
The problem with the view that Hunter made millions from the Chinese or Ukrainians is that none of it was a crime. The Trump brothers are doing the same thing. Using their father’s name and status as a means to enrich themselves. It’s not illegal either. But Turley’s double standard makes him a hypocrite when he attacks Hunter.
This is just a distraction from Trump’s failing policies and the devolving war with Iran.
Hunter Biden has never registered as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for his work with entities in Ukraine, China, or Romania. Serious Violations of the act can result in up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Biden was never charged for failing to register by the Biden Justice dept, and you may recall that on December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden issued a full pardon for his son covering all federal offenses committed between 2014 and 2024, effectively ending any potential for future FARA prosecutions related to that period.
see also: https://www.law.gwu.edu/standard-doj-set-trump-associates-hunter-biden-should-be-charged
Your reliance on a Jonathan Turley op-ed doesn’t change the fact that ‘lobbying’ for a private foreign company like Burisma isn’t a FARA violation unless you’re acting as an agent of a foreign principal to influence the U.S. government—a distinction even Weiss’s team apparently found insufficient for a criminal indictment.
As for the December 2024 pardon, it certainly ended the ‘potential’ for new charges, but it didn’t retroactively make a non-existent FARA case ‘guilty.’ If the DOJ’s best efforts under a Republican-appointed prosecutor couldn’t produce a FARA charge in six years, maybe the ‘violation’ was more of a partisan talking point than a legal reality. You can keep citing op-eds, but the court record tells a different story.
It is rumored that Kevin Morris Hollywood Atty. (a.k.a.: Sugar Bro) is also in South Africa drumming up support for Hunter’s Book and Movie: ‘Where in the World is Hunter Biden?’
Re.:
Kevin Morris is a prominent Hollywood entertainment lawyer and confidant who became a major financial benefactor and part of the legal team for Hunter Biden starting in 2019. He has loaned or provided over $6.5 million to cover Hunter Biden’s tax debts, legal bills, and personal living expenses, including rent.
Key Details About Kevin Morris:
Background: Morris is a high-powered Hollywood attorney known for representing clients like the creators of South Park (Matt Stone and Trey Parker).
Role: Beyond financial support, Morris has assisted with legal strategy, media relations, and a documentary regarding the laptop, acting as a close advisor.
Relationship: Morris met Hunter Biden at a Joe Biden campaign event in 2019 and describes himself as a friend, often speaking with him daily.
Financial Support: Morris paid off at least $2 million in tax liabilities for Hunter and provided funds for housing and a Porsche, leading to scrutiny from House Republicans.
House Investigation: Morris testified in 2024 that his loans to Hunter were voluntary and not intended to buy influence, defending his actions as helping a friend.
Note: There is also a separate attorney named Kevin Evans who sued the DOJ regarding Hunter Biden-related documents.
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South African extradition is primarily governed by the Extradition Act 67 of 1962, requiring a formal agreement or designated status with a foreign state to surrender persons for offenses punishable by at least six months imprisonment. The process involves judicial inquiries by a magistrate to ensure compliance with human rights and a final decision by the Minister of Justice, balancing treaty obligations with domestic constitutional rights.
Key Aspects of South African Extradition
Legal Framework: The Extradition Act 67 of 1962 (as amended) is the primary statute governing extradition, which requires either a bilateral agreement, a multilateral convention, or, in the absence of one, a specific Presidential consent for a specific case.
Extraditable Offences: Offences must be punishable under the laws of both countries by imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty for at least six months, or in some cases, one year.
Process:
Request: A formal request is transmitted through diplomatic channels to the South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
Arrest: A magistrate issues a warrant for arrest and detention.
Inquiry: A magistrate conducts a formal inquiry to decide if there is sufficient evidence (prima facie case) and if the person should be surrendered.
Ministerial Decision: The Minister of Justice makes the final decision on whether to surrender the individual.
Extradition Partners: South Africa has formal extradition treaties with several nations, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Nigeria, and the UAE. The Extradition Treaty between the United States and South Africa was signed in 1999.
Constitutional Protections: South African courts ensure that extradition does not violate Constitutional rights, such as the right to a fair trial, dignity, and life (no extradition for the death penalty).
https://www.congress.gov/treaty-document/106th-congress/24/document-text#:~:text=The%20Extradition%20Treaty%20between%20the%20United%20States,agreed%20to%20in%20Senate%20by%20Division%20Vote
If he needs money to pay his solicitors he should blow more paint on canvas. Hunter, Swalwell broken useful idiots dumped in the democrats dust bin.
Is anyone really surprised?
Surprised about what?