The Republicans can’t hog all the controversy spotlight!
The Washington Post reports that Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden has some drama going on in his family.
His brother, James, and son, Hunter, are being sued by a former business partner named Anthony Lotito Jr. for defrauding him and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, according to court records.
James and Hunter Biden have counterattacked and say that Lotito defrauded them by misrepresenting his experience in the hedge fund industry and recommending that they hire a lawyer with felony convictions.
The fighting between the Bidens and Lotito has been going on in a NY courtroom since November 2007.
Lotito also alleges that Uncle James persuaded him to add an inexperienced Hunter Biden to the team for politics sake. Hunter, who was working as a D.C. lobbyist, was in need of a career change because the Bidens supposedly thought it would ‘hurt’ Joe Biden’s presidential bid at the time to have a lobbyist son.
In an affidavit, Hunter swore his father had nothing to do with the deal and that it is Lotito who swindled the Bidens.
When contacted for comment, the Obama-Biden campaign referred the Post to the lawyer repping the accused Bidens.
He said:
“This lawsuit has nothing to do with Joe Biden, and there is absolutely no truth to those allegations. It is a business dispute between former partners. The suit is baseless.”
This ‘drama’ is a yawner compared to the crazy shiz going down with the Republican’s Palin!
But it’s still fun.
Dig up more dirt on the Dems too!
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