Raw: [Kevin Morris, Hunter Biden’s $6.5 Million Patron, Draws Fire From All Sides The New York Times] {Article Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/politics/hunter-biden-kevin-morris.html}
Skip to contentSkip to site indexPolitics Today’s PaperHunter Biden’s TroublesThe LatestTimelineRelationship With Kevin MorrisTax Evasion ChargesGun ChargesWho Is David Weiss?U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticHunter Biden’s TroublesThe LatestTimelineRelationship With Kevin MorrisTax Evasion ChargesGun ChargesWho Is David Weiss?AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Hunter Biden’s TroublesThe LatestTimelineRelationship With Kevin MorrisTax Evasion ChargesGun ChargesWho Is David Weiss?Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTKevin Morris, Hunter Biden’s $6.5 Million Patron, Draws Fire From All SidesThe Hollywood lawyer’s support of the president’s son is under scrutiny from House Republicans while his aggressive tactics are rankling the White House.Share full article166The story of Kevin Morris’s support for Hunter Biden is a tangle of good intentions, deep pockets, family tragedy and legal and ethical issues.Credit…Valerie Plesch for The New York TimesBy Kenneth P. Vogel, Luke Broadwater and Michael S. SchmidtKenneth P. Vogel and Luke Broadwater reported from Washington, and Michael S. Schmidt from New York.Feb. 16, 2024He found a house for Hunter Biden’s new family, paid divorce costs to Mr. Biden’s ex-wife and helped resolve a paternity lawsuit from a third woman. He footed the bill for Mr. Biden’s security, back taxes and car payments, facilitated the publication of a memoir and the launch of an art career, and provided emotional support as Mr. Biden dealt with scrutiny from prosecutors and political adversaries.In recent years, no one has been more influential in helping Hunter Biden rebuild his life after a devastating battle with addiction than the Hollywood lawyer Kevin Morris.But Mr. Morris’s role has now become a flashpoint of its own.His influence in shaping an aggressive legal and public relations defense for the president’s son against criminal indictments and Republican attacks has rankled President Biden’s advisers inside and outside the White House.While they see the relationship as helping the president’s son avoid relapse, they also grumble that Mr. Morris’s generous financial backing, confrontational counsel and conspiracy theorizing has only drawn attention to Hunter and the impeachment push against his father by allies of former President Donald J. Trump.“I’m not very popular at the White House,” Mr. Morris said in congressional testimony last month.Although Mr. Morris says he has never had more than a few brief interactions with President Biden, his involvement has stoked investigations by House Republicans. They have been asking whether Mr. Morris is using the relationship with Hunter to further his own interests or provide backdoor financial help to the Biden 2024 re-election campaign.The story of Mr. Morris’s support for the president’s son, as laid out in new detail in interviews, documents and congressional testimony, is a tangle of good intentions, deep pockets, family tragedy and legal and ethical issues. It comes amid scrutiny of payments that Hunter Biden received from previous wealthy patrons who could have benefited from access to his father or just the perception of it.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSite IndexSite Information Navigation© 2024 The New York Times CompanyNYTCoContact UsAccessibilityWork with usAdvertiseT Brand StudioYour Ad ChoicesPrivacy PolicyTerms of ServiceTerms of SaleSite MapCanadaInternationalHelpSubscriptionsManage Privacy Preferences
