Hunter Biden sues former Overstock.com CEO
The president’s son is accusing the Trump booster of defamation.
By Betsy Woodruff Swan
11/08/2023 09:18 PM EST
Hunter Biden sued Patrick Byrne for defamation on Wednesday, saying the former CEO of Overstock.com falsely accused Biden of soliciting a bribe from Iran.
Byrne is a Donald Trump ally who has promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, Covid-19 vaccines and other issues.
Biden filed the suit in federal court in the Central District of California on the same day that House Republicans rolled out a batch of subpoenas targeting him and his family as part of their impeachment inquiry.
The suit cites claims Byrne made about Hunter Biden in June of this year and again on Oct. 8. In an interview published in June, Byrne accused the president’s son of reaching out to the government of Iran and offering to have his father unfreeze Iranian money in exchange for a bribe, according to the complaint.
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