President Biden's son Hunter's “sugar brother” is suing criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor Jonathan Truley for defamation and threatening legal action.
Kevin Morris, a Hollywood lawyer and personal confidant of the younger Biden, was present to transcribe interviews for the House Oversight Committee as part of House Republicans' probe into the president's family and past overseas dealings. did.
In a 2022 column, Turley commented on Morris' position as a central figure in a “scorched-earth” plan for “any investigation into the Biden family's alleged multimillion-dollar influence-spreading scheme.”
Turley noted that the plan included “attacking critics with the possibility of a defamation lawsuit.”
Just over a year after his House committee interview revealed that he gave 'significant' financial aid to Hunter Biden, Morris may be putting his plan into action. do not have.
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Hunter Biden (center) and attorneys Abby Lowell (right) and Kevin Morris (left) attend a meeting of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“On Wednesday, I received a letter from Brian M. Sullivan, a partner at Arley Sullivan Wright Geyser & McRae and an attorney for Kevin Morris (Hunter Biden’s attorney). The letter warns me that I may be subject to unfair treatment and that if I do not retract (or repeat) my criticism of the Morris-Hunter agency relationship, I will be sued for defamation.” Jonathan Turley wrote in his column Friday.
“In his letter, Mr. Sullivan attacks my references to the Code of Ethics as unbecoming of a professor and as 'blatantly misleading and just bad lawyer conduct,'” Turley said. .
“My rant about my lack of knowledge and principles was followed by a demand for immediate retraction, adding, 'If you repeat your baseless accusations, I understand that accusing someone of breaking the law is defamation. That means,' he added. itself,'” he continued.
“Despite the threats from Mr. Morris and Mr. Sullivan, we will not back down,” Turley said.
Instead, he published another column in the New York Post reiterating his “objections to Morris' vague expressive claims.”
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Hunter Biden with Kevin Morris (left) and Abby Lowell (right). (Kent Nishimura)
“The purpose of these threats is to silence or ridicule criticism of wealthy and powerful public figures like Mr. Morris,” Turley said.
“The question that lingered then and remains today is: Who is Kevin Morris,” Turley wrote in a column for the Post after the House testimony.
“This Hollywood lawyer, producer, and Democratic donor has emerged as a key figure in the corruption scandal surrounding Hunter Biden. For years, some of us have wondered who Morris is at any given moment. Some people are complaining that they don't know what happened,” Turley said.
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Hunter Biden (center) and his attorneys Abby Lowell (right) and Kevin Morris (left) leave the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
“What the deposition made clear is that Mr. Morris himself does not appear to be convinced,” he added.
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“He's Hunter's confidant, his Sugar brother, his business partner, his pit bull, and his lawyer.”
“It could prove his undoing…both for himself and his clients,” Turley said.
