Hunter Biden asked a federal judge to issue an arrest warrant for Patrick Byrne, the so-called Bitcoin messiah and former Overstock.com CEO.
He filed the case in 2023, saying Byrne defamed him on social media in 2021 by claiming he sought an $800 million payout from Iran to free frozen funds.
The suit also alleges Byrne repeated that claim after the October 7 attacks in Israel, suggesting Biden had “contributed” to the violence because of his ties to Iran.
His legal team is now appealing to U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson to have Byrne arrested for allegedly ignoring court orders and failing to provide an official address at which they can harass him.
They wrote in their complaint:
Defendant is a billionaire who ignores court orders while concealing his assets overseas or in cryptocurrencies specifically created to evade governmental authority and who flouts this Court’s authority
The appropriate sanction is to force Defendant to appear and defend (or confess) the case on the merits. The Court has repeatedly ordered Defendant to appear, and Defendant has repeatedly ignored the Court.
Plaintiff therefore respectfully requests that the Court compel Defendant to appear by issuance of a bench warrant.
Byrne is a prominent conservative figure. He pushed the evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from President Trump.
He’s also a long‑time backer of the January 6th prisoners, even helping cover legal bills.
Last September, it was reported that Hunter Biden had agreed to undergo a seven-hour-long psychological evaluation to determine whether he was “emotionally damaged” by Byrne’s allegations.
Byrne was just one of Hunter’s legal targets. Back in May, he dropped a lawsuit against former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for sharing the contents of his notorious laptop.
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