This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
First Lady Melania Trump has put Hunter Biden, the ne'er-do-well black sheep of the Biden family business schemes, famous for his taking a million dollars allegedly to try to influence his father on behalf of a Ukrainian company, his documented encounters with prostitutes, his drug career and his "art" projects with the sky-high prices, on notice for "defamatory" claims he made about her.
A report at Fox News states her litigation counsel, Alejandro Brito, has sent Biden and his lawyer, Abbe Lowell, a letter threatening a $1 billion lawsuit because of his statements, described as "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory."
The letter demands an immediate retraction of the statements from Biden, in a video interview that was posted to Youtube days ago.
"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," Brito wrote.
Among Biden's claims:
"Epstein introduced Melania to Trump. The connections are, like, so wide and deep."
And "Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania, and that's how Melania and the first lady and the President met."
"These false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory statements are extremely salacious and have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums," Brito wrote. "Indeed, the video has since been re-published by various media outlets, journalists, and political commentators with millions of social media followers that have disseminated the false and defamatory statements therein to tens of millions of people worldwide.
"Consequently, you have caused Mrs. Trump to suffer overwhelming financial and reputational harm."
Biden, in a profanity-laced interview, later responded to the legal demand with, "F— that. That's not gonna happen."
Biden claimed his "source" for the false statements was "serial fabulist Michael Wolff," the report said.
Wolff's claims were published by the Daily Beast, which immediately took down its article and apologized to Melania Trump when confronted about them.
Brito also warned Biden not to "destroy, conceal, or alter any paper or electronic files, physical evidence" or other records relating to the false claims."
Fox reported, "The letter comes after the Daily Beast pulled the article detailing allegations by journalist Wolff that Melania Trump was introduced to her husband Donald Trump via a modeling agent connected to Epstein, after a challenge from the first lady's lawyers."
The Daily Beast even modified its story URL, so that it now reads: "thedailybeast.com/epstein-this-story-has-been-removed."
Veteran Democrat operative James Carville also made similar statements, and publicly apologized, stating, "In last week's podcast episode, we spoke with Judd Legum. After the episode, we received a letter from Melania Trump's lawyer. He took issue with our title of one of those YouTube videos from that episode and a couple of comments I made about the first lady. We took a look at what they complained about, and we took down the video and edited out those comments from the episode. I also take back these statements and apologize."
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley noted the letter charges Biden with defamation per se.
"The common law has long recognized per se categories of defamation where damages are presumed and special damages need not be proven. These include: (1) disparaging a person's professional character or standing; (2) alleging a person is unchaste; (3) alleging that a person has committed a criminal act or act of moral turpitude; (4) alleging a person has a sexual or loathsome disease; and (5) attacking a person's business or professional reputation."
He continued, "The notice letter is ironic given Hunter Biden's scorched Earth strategy of threatening lawsuits, including defamation, against critics. It did not work. Indeed, Biden abandoned lawsuits after his pardon by his father."
And he explained, "Hunter Biden is reportedly facing financial challenges and the threat of a lawsuit cannot be welcomed news. Biden has been engaging in unhinged, profane diatribes attacking both Democrats and Republicans. The thrill of trash-talking will likely end if Hunter finds himself yet again in court."
