Hunter Biden is facing significant financial challenges and has asked a federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit against Garrett Ziegler, a former aide to President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, filed in 2023, accused Ziegler and his organization, Marco Polo, of illegally publishing emails from a laptop linked to Biden.
Biden’s lawyers have submitted a court filing stating that he cannot afford to continue the lawsuit due to a substantial decline in his income and millions of dollars in debt. This financial strain was exacerbated by a wildfire in the Pacific Palisades in January, which made his rental home uninhabitable for an extended period.
Biden’s primary sources of income—sales of his art and memoir—have seen a significant drop. Before the lawsuit, he sold 27 art pieces at an average price of $54,500. However, since then, he has only sold one piece for $36,000. Sales of his memoir, “Beautiful Things,” also decreased from over 3,100 copies to about 1,100 in the following six months.
Biden is currently evaluating his ongoing lawsuits to determine which ones to pursue, given his limited financial resources. The judge had previously denied Ziegler’s motion to dismiss the case and ordered him to pay $18,000 in legal fees to Biden.