A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ) in regard to allegations that the agency failed to enforce having Hunter Biden register as a foreign agent.
America First Legal, a conservative group, said in its suit that the DOJ and Mr. Garland had an obligation to enforce President Joe Biden’s son to register with the agency while he was sitting on the board of Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings Limited.
The group, founded by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, also claimed the younger Biden’s business deals with Chinese oil magnate Ye Jianming should have been subject to having Mr. Biden register as a foreign agent. The lawsuit (pdf) cited alleged text messages from Mr. Biden in which he said he would set up a “separate entity” known as “CEFC America” to avoid registering as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) during the Obama Administration….