Hunter Biden files defamation suit against Overstock.com’s former CEO

Zoë Richards is the evening politics reporter for NBC News.

Hunter Biden on Wednesday sued Overstock.com's former chief executive Patrick Byrne for defamation over comments he made about seeking a bribe from Iran. According to the lawsuit, Byrne published false statements in June claiming that the president's son had reached out to the Iranian government in 2021, offering to have his father “unfreeze” $8 billion in Iranian funds for a bribe.

Biden’s attorneys also said that they sent a formal demand for retraction to Byrne on Oct. 26 but that he has “ignored” that demand and “has taken no steps to disavow his false claims.” An attorney for Byrne was not listed in Wednesday's court filing. A lawyer representing Byrne in separate pending lawsuits did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night. The lawsuit was filed the same day that House Republicans subpoenaed the president’s son and brother James Biden.

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