Ex-Trump White House aide says hell fight to block Hunter Biden from dropping laptop suit: Abuse of the legal system
The former Trump White House aide being sued by Hunter Biden over leaks of his infamous laptop is refusing to let the financially challenged former first son drop the case — calling it an “abuse of the legal system.”In an unusual move, Garrett Ziegler said he’s going to fight Biden’s request to dismiss the lawsuit accusing Ziegler of illegally hacking and circulating the embarrassing contents of the political scion’s notorious laptop.Biden on Wednesday asked a federal judge to voluntarily dismiss his 2023 lawsuit against Ziegler, saying he’s millions of dollars in debt, in part, because no one is buying his artwork or memoir.“Hunter wants to cry uncle,” Ziegler raged in a comment to The Post Thursday.“We are OPPOSING that.
We want our attorney’s fees to be paid, for Hunter to cease lying about us and me, and just generally to shut the f–k up.”“This is an abuse of the legal system.It can’t stand.
Our tiny nonprofit had to scrape together legal fees for nearly 2 years to deal with this Peter Pan-like manchild.”Ziegler, an aide to President Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro, published nearly 10,000 photos from Biden’s laptop online.In September, Biden won a major ruling against Ziegler, who was ordered to fork over $17,929 to Hunter for what it cost him to fight Ziegler’s unsuccessful motion to have Hunter’s case tossed out.It’s unusual for a defendant in a lawsuit to put up a fight when a plaintiff is willingly seeking to drop claims against them.Ziegler’s lawyer Robert Tyler told The Post by email that the September ruling against Ziegler has no bearing on whether Hunter would ultimately win at trial.“None of the prior proceedings are determinative as to whether Hunter Biden’s allegations are truthful or whether our clients violated any laws in exposing Hunter Biden’s escapades and influence peddling,” Tyler said.Biden — who was convicted on gun and tax charges only for his famous dad to pardon him before leav...