After years of scrutiny and attacks by friends of Donald J. Trump and the likes of Fox News ranting about "Hunter Biden's laptop," the president's son is "striking back", Politico reports. Over the past three months, Biden the younger has filed "a barrage" of lawsuits and has challenged his indictment on gun charges. On November 15, Biden asked a judge to subpoena former President Trump and members of his Justice Department, claiming they applied political pressure for the indictment, issued by a Delaware grand jury earlier this year.
Hunter Biden's strategy has split Democratic operatives, Politico says, between those who believe it is better to downplay his legal issues and keep it as quiet as possible and those who believe the "quieter" strategy is old, 1990's political thinking.
"The counteroffensive will play out in courtrooms and in public just as his father ramps up his reelection campaign," the website notes.
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