Let me start by saying what I’m about to say is the case of this action had been brought in CA state court. Rules where this action has been brought could be significant where the action was brought ( and in a major admission, the article doesn’t say where that is)
I’ve often complained on this forum about people who think lawsuits are like magic and “discovery will be interesting.” In this case, though, I’ll endorse the latter view in exactly one respect: Hunter will finally be required to admit under oath that the laptop is his. Even in recent weeks he’s been cagey on that point.
In CA discovery can go out day one. One does not even need to wait to be served; you can submit to this jurisdiction of the court without being served.
That said, he’ll take the Fifth in light of the pending prosecution. In CA that would end up with the action being stayed until the criminal prosecution is complete.
We’re well within the Statute of Limitations and, because of the stay, the only benefit to filing now is for a PR benefit. But what’s the benefit? I think he’s going to have a hard time finding a jury anywhere that’s going to pity his plight, especially since I think the rats are not going to try to protect him, and certainly not if the party decides daddy is going under the bus.
Just because he’s probably paying his lawyers more than a grand an hour doesn’t mean they’re smart. I just don’t see the upside for having done this, at the very least not now
Apropos to what I just said, here’s Hunter going under the bus. You can tell it’s serious because republicans “pounce” in the headline and “seize” in the body of the article