‘Let’s Clear That Issue Up Right Now’: Arkansas Judge Orders Hunter Biden to Court To Answer Laptop Questions
Judge Orders Hunter Biden to Appear in Court for Custody Hearing
In a dramatic turn of events, an Arkansas judge has demanded that Hunter Biden make a public appearance in court to address questions about his laptop. The judge wants to know whether financial records found on the laptop belong to him. This order comes as part of Biden’s ongoing custody battle with Lunden Alexis Roberts over their four-year-old daughter. It will be his first public appearance in the case, as the Bidens have refused to acknowledge the child’s existence until a court-ordered DNA test proved otherwise.
During a virtual hearing on Monday, Circuit Court judge Holly Meyer told the attorneys for Biden and Roberts that she wants both clients to attend every hearing. “I will no longer allow us to dismiss clients from these hearings, because it is interfering with the progress of this litigation which is taking way too long to get over simple points,” she said.
Meyer issued the order after Biden’s attorney was unable to answer whether Biden owned the abandoned laptop that became a subject of controversy during the 2020 election. Financial records discovered on the laptop have become an issue in the custody dispute.
Hunter Biden’s presence at the Arkansas court could create a political headache for the White House and the Biden family. He has reportedly gone to great lengths to avoid getting served with legal papers from Roberts.
At the May hearing, the judge is expected to rule on outstanding motions, including a name change request from Roberts asking to change their daughter’s last name to “Biden.” Biden has demanded that the court block the name change, claiming the move would be damaging to the child due to the “scorn in the community for the Biden name.”
Family law attorney Peter M. Walzer told the Washington Free Beacon that Biden’s objection to the name change was “very uncommon” and unlikely to succeed in court.
“I’ve never seen a litigation where a father didn’t want the [child] to take his name,” said Walzer. “This is pretty unique.”
Walzer said Biden’s motion sounded like it was motivated by personal interest rather than concern for the child’s well-being.
“He doesn’t want the child to have his name because it’s embarrassing to him, [but he] couches his legal briefing in terms of the child’s interest,” said Walzer. “From his papers, it’s ‘all about me.'”
“From his papers, it’s ‘all about me.'”
Marshall H. Moore, an Arkansas-based custody attorney with Moore, Giles and Matteson, agreed.
“Normally it is just the opposite situation where the father is asking that the child be given the father’s last name,” he told the Free Beacon. “Off the top of my head, I can’t remember ever filing such a motion in 40+ years of practice.”
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