Hunter Biden has taken on a new position as director of development at BASTA Inc., a Los Angeles-based eviction defense organization.
The announcement was made during an interview released Tuesday, as the president’s son continues to face significant financial and legal challenges.
Biden, who has reportedly accumulated millions of dollars in legal fees, discussed his new role with host Andrew Callaghan, describing the opportunity as a chance to assist vulnerable individuals in Los Angeles.
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“There’s such an opportunity to be of service right now and not in … some kind of melodramatic, you know, way … A lot of people that are getting the shit beat out of them out there right here in LA and, there’s an enormous opportunity for just normal people to do kind of heroic things, whether it’s protecting somebody that’s about to get kidnapped off a street,” Biden said during the interview.
BASTA Inc., where Biden is now employed, was co-founded by Bryan Sullivan, who previously served as Biden’s attorney in a series of unsuccessful defamation lawsuits.
The nonprofit specializes in defending tenants facing eviction and, according to Biden, focuses part of its efforts on assisting illegal aliens.
“We’re the only group, in at least Southern California, that represents undocumented, and so we don’t take any federal money,” Biden said.
“And by the way, it’s not just El Salvadorian immigrants. It’s Ukrainian immigrants that came in under duress from what’s going on in Ukraine and find it really hard to find work because of the the fear of employers that they’re going to disrupt their business because of ICE raids and things like that. And then they lose their income. And almost all of these people are families and children. And if you can keep someone in their apartment or their home, you obviously also keeping somebody off the street in homelessness.”
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Despite Biden’s claim that BASTA is the only group offering this kind of representation in Southern California, multiple organizations in the region provide legal services to migrants, including those involved in labor disputes or facing deportation.
The timing of Biden’s employment follows reports about his escalating legal debts.
In 2024, Biden reportedly requested financial assistance from the Democratic National Committee to help cover expenses related to his federal tax and gun cases. House Republicans were informed in January 2024 by Biden’s longtime associate and financial backer Kevin Morris that Biden’s legal fees had reached approximately $5 million.
Morris, who had personally contributed to Biden’s defense efforts, was reportedly running out of funds by mid-2024.
“The reason Kevin got involved financially in the first place was that he could see that no one was going to help Hunter,” a source told Politico at the time.
“Now, four and a half years later, there’s still no help — and now Kevin is completely tapped out. So just when Hunter is facing two criminal trials starting in a few weeks, he has no resources. It’s pretty dire.”
In June 2024, Hunter Biden was convicted on gun-related charges.
Despite previous public statements that he would not intervene, President Joe Biden issued a pardon for his son in December 2024.
The move drew attention, given the president’s earlier position that he would not pardon his son if convicted.
Hunter Biden’s employment at BASTA Inc. marks his first known professional role since the conclusion of his criminal trial and subsequent presidential pardon.
The nonprofit, which operates in Los Angeles, continues its eviction defense efforts amid California’s ongoing housing and homelessness challenges.
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