Hunter Biden’s wife lashed out at a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling him a “Nazi piece of s—t” during a break in the first son’s federal trial on gun charges.
Melissa Cohen Biden went up to Garrett Ziegler — who runs the right-wing nonprofit Marco Polo, which has exposed much of the data from Hunter’s notorious laptop — and said: “You have no right to be here, you Nazi piece of s–t,” according to a report by NBC News.
Ziegler — who was on his way back into the Wilmington, Del., courtroom — didn’t respond to the emotional outburst.
Hunter Biden’s wife lashed out at a former Trump adviser Tuesday during a break in the first son’s federal gun trial. Saquan Stimpson – CNP for NY Post
Garrett Ziegler runs the right-wing nonprofit Marco Polo. The Washington Post via Getty ImagesHunter Biden sued Ziegler in federal court in California this past September, accusing him of violating the state’s computer fraud and data laws by accessing what Hunter’s lawyers described as “tens of thousands of emails, thousands of photos, and dozens of videos and recordings” that belonged to the first son.
“It’s sad I’ve been sitting here the whole time and haven’t approached anyone,” Ziegler told NBC News. “For the record, I’m not a Nazi, I’m a believer in the US Constitution. I haven’t said one thing to them.”
Ziegler maintained it was “prudent” for him to attend the trial and said Hunter’s case against him was “completely frivolous and Hunter should focus on paying his attorneys.”
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The first son’s lawsuit claims Ziegler and 10 other unnamed defendants ”spent countless hours accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging computer data that they do not own.”
Some of the data — which included Hunter Biden’s financial and bank records — was stored on the indicted first son’s iPhone and backed up via iCloud, meaning it was accessed by “circumventing technical or code-based barriers that were specifically designed and intended to prevent such access,” according to the complaint.
Cohen Biden declined to answer a Post reporter’s question about her meltdown as she re-entered the courtroom holding hands with her husband following the afternoon break.
Ziegler declined to comment on the record to The Post about the incident.
Additional reporting by Jack Morphet and Miranda Devine
