Department of Homeland Security Sued for Records on Alleged Hunter Biden Gun Incident

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, attends the ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 17 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on July 7, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The advocacy group Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit to obtain records from the Secret Service related to an alleged gun incident involving Hunter Biden in Delaware in 2018.

The lawsuit, filed on Sept. 19 (pdf) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, noted that Judicial Watch filed its first FOIA request in March 2021, following reports that Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law, Hallie Biden, threw his handgun in a trash container in Delaware. After that request was filed, the Secret Service denied involvement and declined to hand over records in connection with the incident.