An Arkansas judge on Monday ordered President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to answer additional written questions about his investments, his art sales and other financial transactions as part of a paternity-related case.
Hunter Biden also will sit for a deposition in mid-June, where he’ll have to answer questions under oath, the judge said.
Independence County Circuit Judge Holly Meyer also chided Hunter Biden’s lawyers for overly redacting their filings and hiding information that should be public.
“The ability to redact is being somewhat abused,” Meyer said, ordering lawyers to re-file public versions of some of their previous filings, including some that had been “sealed” and fully blocked from public view.
The filings likely included information about which financial records Hunter Biden might need to turn over to Lunden Roberts, an Arkansas woman who is the mother of one of his children.
Monday’s hearing in the years-old case comes after Roberts, the mother of one of his children, asked an Arkansas judge to hold him in contempt – and send him to jail. She claims he is ignoring court orders requiring him to turn over documents about his finances.
The case was reopened in September when Hunter Biden asked the judge to reduce his child support payments. He told the court that there had been “a substantial material change in (his) financial circumstances” since the 2020 settlement, alluding to a sizable drop in his income.
This gave Roberts an opportunity to reopen the “discovery” process and demand records about Hunter Biden’s finances. She requested information about his art sales, an inventory of his properties and cars, details about his travel habits, and records about his tax difficulties.
Hunter Biden is paying $20,000 a month and has paid $750,000 so far to Roberts, his lawyer…
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