Hunter Biden's lawyers finally filed a motion to enter a default judgment in their defamation lawsuit against ex-Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne , seeking $1 in nominal damages and $33.3 million in punitive damages — based on the "most comparable" fate of Rudy Giuliani for defaming 2020 election workers in Georgia.

The punitive damages sought are the result of Byrne's no-show at his trial in late July and simultaneous firing of his lawyers "on a whim," only to replace those attorneys with counsel that U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson, a Ronald Reagan appointee, would not grant permission to enter the case.

Wilson initially pushed back a trial date by several months rather than immediately entering a default for " misconduct ," instead granting limited discovery into Byrne's net worth.

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