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The Fox News Rundown

Evening Edition: Hunter Biden's Lead Attorney Withdraws From Case

The Fox News Rundown

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Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Hunter Biden's lead attorney Christopher Clark has asked to withdraw from the Justice Department probe into the president's son because he says he may eventually become a witness in future proceedings in the case. Taking Clark's position is high-profile D.C. attorney Abbe Lowell who is said to want to move more towards a publicly combative approach. FOX's Ryan Schmelz speaks with David Spunt, Washington D.C. correspondent for FOX, about Hunter Biden's new attorney and what it means for his case. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Kennedy. I'm Bill Hammer. I'm Sandra Smith. And this is the Fox News rundown.

0:08.4

Thursday, August 17th, 2023. I'm Ryan Schmelz. A major shakeup in the legal case involving

0:16.0

president Biden's son. What does this mean moving forward? Abbey Lowell is a very well-seasoned,

0:21.4

very well-known attorney in Washington, DC. He's represented clients all over the country. And

0:26.8

he's gotten his clients off the hook in many ways. So he's he's very well respected. And he's

0:32.0

now taking over on this Hunter Biden case. This is the Fox News rundown evening edition.

0:41.9

Getting money from clients can feel I trying to wrestle honey from a grisly bear.

0:46.0

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1:00.7

it feels more like you're cuddling a koala bear. On a really soft sofa while watching a

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favorite soap. I can't believe she was his mother. The healthy business searchers here

1:11.0

are within eggs. Chris Clark, the lawyer representing president Biden's son Hunter,

1:16.1

has filed a motion asking to be removed from the case, saying he may become a witness.

1:21.4

This after a plea agreement between prosecutors and Biden's legal team was struck down in

1:26.4

Delaware. As the case moves forward and still hangs over president Biden, the frontrunner to

1:32.0

challenge him is dealing with a number of legal battles of his own. So there's a Delaware state

1:37.2

law, a Delaware code of conduct rule, where an attorney that may be a witness in a future case

1:43.2

can no longer serve as an attorney. We're speaking to Fox News correspondent David Spunt.

1:48.9

So there is a legitimate rule in the state of Delaware, where it would be an appropriate for an

1:54.3

attorney who's going to be a witness in a future case to serve as counsel unless Hunter Biden would

1:59.6

be burdened by that. Essentially, the Hunter Biden legal team said he's not burdened by that

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