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Inside Washington’s legal gold rush under Trump, as regulatory battles drive demand for lawyers

A judge tossed a Stephen Miller linked bid to force Hunter Biden to register as a foreign agent

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published May 8, 2026 3:00am EDT

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Amid the swirl of charges and counter charges, investigations and prosecutions, one thing is clear:

It’s good to be a lawyer in the Trump era.

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A federal judge just dismissed a case that attempted to force Hunter Biden to register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for Ukraine and China. The suit was brought by a group founded by top White House official Stephen Miller, which was found not to have standing.

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, and his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 07, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The former president’s son needed a lawyer – just as he did during criminal proceedings that led to his guilty plea, until his dad........

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