The son of former President Joe Biden, who enriched himself and his father through his corrupt dealings with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, is dropping a lawsuit against former Trump aide Garrett Ziegler after revealing that he is “millions of dollars in debt.”
In a letter sent to Ziegler’s lawyer this week obtained by MailOnline, Hunter’s attorney acknowledges that his client “lacks the resources to continue this litigation at this time.”
The letter added that his financial woes “have been exacerbated after the fires in the Pacific Palisades in early January upended Plaintiff’s life by rendering his rental house unlivable for an extended period of time.”
On Wednesday, Hunter’s attorney, Brian Sullivan, formally submitted their request to the judge, effectively bringing the case to a close.
Hunter sued Ziegler, who worked in the White House under the last administration, alleging violations of federal and California privacy laws.
The suit claimed that Ziegler unlawfully accessed, manipulated, and disseminated data purportedly from Hunter’s infamous laptop and an encrypted iPhone backup without consent.
Sullivan insisted that the lawsuit retained a “factual and legal basis” on the grounds that Zielger had successfully hacked Hunter’s iCloud, although he cannot afford to continue litigation.
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