Hunter Biden asks for Trump subpoena claiming ex-president meddled in his criminal case

Hunter Biden has asked a judge to issue a subpoena for documents sent between Donald Trump and former Justice Department officials, The Associated Press reported.

Biden alleges there were “certain instances that appear to suggest incessant, improper, and partisan pressure applied” by Trump to his then-Attorney General William Barr and two top deputies, Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue, when it came to the criminal investigation into his taxes and a gun purchase that began in 2018.

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"The court filing cites public comments made by Trump, information from the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and details from Barr’s book in which he described bubbling tension after Trump tried to pressure him over the status of the Hunter Biden probe," the AP's report stated.

Read the full report over at the Associated Press.