As of at present’s grievance Biden vs. Byrne (CD cal.):
Plaintiff brings this defamation motion towards Byrne for making, publishing, and repeating false and defamatory statements about Plaintiff, realizing full effectively that the statements had been false, for the aim of subjecting Plaintiff to harassment, intimidation, and hurt. On or about June 27, 2023, Byrne printed false statements that Plaintiff “contacted the Iranian authorities within the fall of 2021” and supplied to have Plaintiff’s father, President Joe Biden, “unfreeze” $8 billion in Iranian funds in return . for $800 million to be funneled right into a numbered account for us.” Byrne additional falsely said that Plaintiff urged the Iranian authorities that “should you make this cope with us, it is going to smear different negotiations which have lately begun between us .” Based on Byrne, “[b]Subsequently, the Iranians believed that Hunter was the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] discussions, which had restarted a month or two earlier in Geneva.” These statements are utterly false, and Byrne knew them to be false on the time he made them.
