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Hunter’s War & Roe’s ’24 Choice

As the president’s son prepares a scorched-earth campaign to hit back at House G.O.P. investigators, some White House aides worry that Hunter has gone rogue. Plus the latest inside chatter regarding Jeff Roe’s conflicts as he muscles his way into DeSantis world.

The bare knuckle tactics of Hunter Biden’s allies are beginning to aggravate some senior officials in the White House.
The bare-knuckle tactics of Hunter Biden’s allies are beginning to aggravate some senior White House officials. Photo: Handout/DNCC via Getty Images
Tara Palmeri
March 23, 2023

Hunter Biden, the president’s troubled lobbyist-cum-author-cum-artist son and tabloid media curiosity, has been assembling a more combative legal and communications apparatus to defend himself against House G.O.P. investigators looking to probe whether he sold access to Joe Biden. But while the president has publicly distanced himself from Hunter’s legal and personal affairs, which have at times been an embarrassment to the administration, the bare-knuckle tactics of his allies are beginning to aggravate some senior officials in the White House.