Overview

• On August 6, litigation counsel Alejandro Brito sent Hunter Biden and attorney Abbe Lowell a cease-and-desist demanding an immediate retraction, apology, preservation of related records and warning of more than $1 billion in damages
• The letter accuses Biden of defamation and alleges he repeated false statements with actual malice about Epstein introducing Melania to Trump based on Michael Wolff’s reporting, which The Daily Beast later retracted
• Biden repeated the contested claim in an early-August Channel 5 interview with Andrew Callaghan, triggering legal action following The Daily Beast’s apology and removal of Wolff’s article
• A source told Fox News Digital that Biden’s team missed the August 7 compliance deadline and leaked the cease-and-desist letter to a friendly reporter
• As of the latest reports, no lawsuit has been filed and neither Hunter Biden nor his attorney has publicly responded to the demand