Hunter Biden said Thursday on “Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan” that he has no intention of apologizing after claiming deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein “introduced” first lady Melania Trump to former President Donald Trump in a previous interview with journalist Andrew Callaghan.
On Aug. 6, the first lady’s attorney, Alejandro Brito, sent a letter threatening to “fil[e] legal action for over $1 Billion Dollars in damages” against Biden if he did not delete the content and issue an apology, Fox News reported. Biden made it clear on the YouTube show that such an apology was “not going to happen.”
“Fuck that,” he said.
Biden said his claim was based on things he had read from journalists and authors, specifically naming Michael Wolff. He also brushed off the attorney’s letter, calling it a “distraction” from the abuse Epstein inflicted on children.
“I also think they’re bullies,” Biden continued. “And they think that a billion dollars is going to scare me … I have this to say to them: if they want to sit down for a deposition and clarify the nature of the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein, if the president and the first lady want to do that, and all of the known associates around them at the time of whatever time that they met — I’m more than happy to provide them the platform to be able to do it.”
Biden’s stance contrasts with how others have responded to similar letters from the first lady’s attorney.
For example, Democratic strategist James Carville said on the Aug. 7 episode of his podcast, “Politics War Room,” that his team deleted a video referencing alleged ties between Epstein, the president, and the first lady after receiving a letter. Carville also issued a retraction and apology.
Similarly, The Daily Beast retracted a July 30 story alleging the first lady was “very involved” with Epstein after receiving a letter challenging “the headline and framing of the article,” according to an editor’s note.