Hunter Biden shrugs off Melania Trump's $1B threat over ‘defamatory' Epstein remarks: ‘F— that'
3 Former first son Hunter Biden scoffed at Melania Trump's $1 billion defamation suit threat.
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3 Melania is striking back at remarks Hunter made about her and late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
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'F–k that. That's not going to happen,' Biden said with an arrogant smile during an interview on YouTube show 'Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan' on Thursday.
The first lady's team revealed Wednesday that it put the scandal-scarred former first son on notice for suggesting that Epstein introduced her to her husband, President Trump.
Her team has also issued similar threats to other key figures. Last month, for example, the Daily Beast retracted an article that peddled similar claims after getting threatened by the first lady's team.
'Failure to comply will leave Mrs. Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to her to recover the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that you have caused her to suffer,' the first lady's attorney Alejandro Brito wrote in an Aug. 6 demand letter, Fox News reported.
3 Biden suggested in the interview that Epstein introduced Melania to Donald Trump.
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Despite his bravado, Biden could find himself in a lot of financial trouble if he was sued.
The former first son has claimed in court documents that he is straddled with 'significant debt in the millions of dollars range' amid struggling art sales and expensive legal bills.
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