Ex-Overstock CEO says Hunter Biden is basically just calling him ‘a right-wing nutjob’ in order to keep his Iran-themed defamation lawsuit afloat

Patrick Byrne, Hunter Biden

Left: Patrick Byrne, the former chief executive of Overstock.com and an ally of former President Donald Trump, takes a break from being questioned by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks, in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2022 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite). Right: FILE — Hunter Biden departs from federal court June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum).

Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne has asked a federal judge to grant summary judgment and throw out Hunter Biden‘s defamation lawsuit against him — saying Biden’s recent court filings have been little more than an effort to paint Byrne as “a right-wing nutjob.”

In a 21-page memorandum in support of the motion for summary judgment filed on Tuesday in Central California District Court, Byrne’s attorneys say the presidential son, after recently conceding a key point raised by the defense, largely sidestepped the implications.

Hunter Biden recently “conceded his public figure status” and therefore cannot prove any of the false statements at issue in the case were made with “actual malice,” the defense filing argues.

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