Bill Maher rips Hunter Biden after Melania Trump threatens to sue disgraced ex-first son
'Melania says she's going to sue Hunter Biden,' the late-night funnyman said Friday, drawing laughs from his audience.
'That's not the joke part. I really like this where she says she's going to sue him for a billion dollars.'
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'If Hunter loses, it's going to be weird for him writing a woman a check because she's not a prostitute,' said Maher, drawing chuckles and applause.
3 HBO 'Real Time' host Bill says Hunter Biden better be worried about Melania Trump's threat to sue him for $1 billion after the scandal-scarred former first son claimed she was introduced to President Donald Trump by late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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The first lady put Biden on notice Wednesday that she'll sue him unless he apologizes and takes down a podcast video where he made the false claim.
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However, Biden crassly brushed aside Melania Trump's threat during an interview on YouTube show 'Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan' released Thursday.
3 From left, Donald Trump and Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell seen at Mar-a-Lago in February 2000.
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3 Hunter Biden shrugged off Melania Trump's threat to sue him for $1 billion for defamation.
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'F–k that. That's not going to happen,' Biden said with an arrogant smile.
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Both the president and first lady have said they met in 1998 during a New York Fashion Week party hosted by businessman Paolo Zampolli.
Federal investigators in 2023 raised the possibility of charging first son Hunter Biden for crimes related to sex trafficking.
Justice Department Tax Division prosecutor Jack Morgan outlined nine instances in which then-President Joe Biden's son appeared to be communicating with prostitutes and coordinating their travel across state lines, in an October 2020 email to Assistant US Attorney Lesley Wolf released by the House Ways and Means Committee
Hunter Biden had been staring at jail time after being found guilty in 2024 of illegal possession of a firearm and also pleaded guilty to charges in another indictment for willful refusal to pay $1.4 million in taxes. However, he was later pardoned by his father.
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