Advocacy group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain details from the U.S. Secret Service relating to a gun incident involving Hunter Biden in Delaware in 2018.
The lawsuit, filed Sept. 19 (pdf) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, noted that Judicial Watch filed its first FOIA request in March 2021 following reports that Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law Hallie Biden threw his handgun in the trash in Delaware. After that request was filed, the Secret Service denied involvement and declined to hand over records in connection to the incident.
The latest complaint is asking the Department of Homeland Security for Secret Service records in connection to the alleged incident and is seeking relevant “reports, telephone logs, witness statements, and memoranda.” It’s also seeking to obtain messages between Secret Service officials and others….