{"id":2289285,"date":"2024-07-04T19:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-sues-fox-news-over-miniseries-fox-fires-back\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:14:48","slug":"hunter-biden-sues-fox-news-over-miniseries-fox-fires-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-sues-fox-news-over-miniseries-fox-fires-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over Miniseries, Fox Fires Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-sues-fox-news-over-miniseries-fox-fires-back%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u200d is about Hunter Biden suing Fox News over a miniseries called &#8220;The Trial of Hunter \u200cBiden&#8221; that aired \u2063on Fox \u200dNation. The show presented evidence \u200dof Hunter Biden&#8217;s\u200d alleged wrongdoings, including\u200c suspicious business partnerships\u2062 with foreign companies involving his father. Biden&#8217;s attorneys argue that the show was\u2063 fallacious\u200b and politically \u2064motivated\u200c to tarnish his reputation. Fox News responded by stating\u200b that\u200b the lawsuit\u200c was politically motivated and dismissed it as lacking merit. The network\u200d defended its\u2062 right to air the series under\u200d the First Amendment. Hunter Biden was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-carolina-police-have-two-persons-of-interest-in-stephen-smith-murder-case-and-neither-are-murdaughs\/\" title=\"South Carolina Police Have Two Persons Of Interest In Stephen Smith Murder Case \u2013 And Neither Are Murdaughs\">recently found guilty<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-attorney-claims-case-will-be-thrown-out\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden&#039;s lawyer predicts case dismissal.\">firearm-related \u2062charges<\/a> and will\u200c face trial for tax crimes. The article also \u200bincludes a message from The\u200b Western Journal staff about the importance\u200b of the\u200b upcoming 2024 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/maustin\/%20\"><span>Michael Austin<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 4, 2024 at 2:30pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Hunter Biden is suing Fox News, but the conservative media company isn\u2019t taking the suit sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>The sitting president\u2019s son sued the network on Monday over a 2022 miniseries that previously aired on Fox Nation \u2014 \u201cThe Trial of Hunter Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But also on Monday, Fox News fired back.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/hunter-biden-sues-fox-news-fictional-miniseries\/story?id=111585016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, Fox News described the series as a \u201cmock trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show presented all the evidence of Hunter Biden\u2019s purported wrongdoings, including numerous reportedly suspicious business partnerships with foreign companies involving his father.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence was then presented in a trial format featuring celebrity Judge Joe Brown to showcase what such a trial would look like if it were to happen in real life, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2024-07-01\/hunter-biden-sues-fox-news-over-mock-trial-documentary#:~:text=The%202022%20series%20featured%20Judge,been%20indicted%20for%20such%20charges.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s son and his representation, however, argue that the evidence presented on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-epic-take-fox-news-interview-streaming-fox-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation<\/a> was fallacious.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Biden\u2019s attorneys argue the show was being used to \u201charass, annoy, alarm, and humiliate him, and tarnish his reputation\u201d and was part of \u201cpolitically motivated attacks against the President and his family,\u201d per ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the suit alleges that the Fox News miniseries was \u201cunlawful commercial exploitation of Mr. Biden\u2019s image, name, and likeness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>The network put out a statement of its own in response to Biden\u2019s suit, slamming it as a \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis entirely politically motivated lawsuit is devoid of merit,\u201d a Fox News representative said, per ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe core complaint stems from a 2022 streaming program that Mr. Biden did not complain about until sending a letter in late April 2024. The program was removed within days of the letter, in an abundance of caution, but Hunter Biden is a public figure who has been the subject of multiple investigations and is now a convicted felon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The outlet\u2019s representative then cited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/catholic-group-sues-biden-administration-blatant-violation-first-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the First Amendment<\/a>, saying the network has every right to air the series on free speech grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistent with the First Amendment, FOX News has accurately covered the newsworthy events of Mr. Biden\u2019s own making, and we look forward to vindicating our rights in court,\u201d the representative said.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-jury-announces-verdict-hunter-biden-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hunter Biden was found guilty<\/a> of three counts related to the illegal purchase of a firearm while he was under the influence of drugs.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the president\u2019s son will head to trial again to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/escaped-dc-homicide-suspect-christopher-haynes-in-custody-after-seven-week-manhunt\/\" title=\"Christopher Haynes, wanted for DC homicide, captured after seven-week search.\">face additional charges related<\/a> to tax crimes.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Hunter Biden has faced legal troubles recently, including being found guilty of illegal firearm purchase and facing charges related to tax crimes. 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