An extradition hearing is set for August.ĭuring the January raid, armed officers, backed by helicopters, cut Dotcom out of a safe room he had barricaded himself in within the sprawling country estate, reputedly New Zealand's most expensive home.
authorities seeking to extradite him on charges of copyright theft and money laundering. The whole Mega case is quite the political thriller.'īig operation: Seventy police raided Dotcom's mansion near Auckland in Januaryĭotcom is on bail in New Zealand, fighting attempts by U.S. More on this will be made public in the near future.'ĭotcom said he had more evidence about the investigation, and added: 'At the appropriate time we will release what we know. However, Dotcom is convinced that corrupt elements in the U.S. 'What exactly Biden’s role has been, and whether that’s problematic, remains to be seen. 'Noteworthy is also the MPAA’s lobbying disclosure statement of last year which includes money spent on lobbying the office of Vice President Joe Biden. Torrent Freak added: 'The information above does indeed suggest that the Megaupload case was discussed at the highest political levels last year. Rich Ross – Chairman of Walt Disney Studios at the time Michael O’Leary – MPAA Senior Executive Vice President for Global Policy and External Affairs.
Ronald Meyer – President Universal Studios.Jeff Blake – Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.Michael Ellis -Managing Director MPA Asia Pacific.Barry Meyer – CEO Warner Bros Entertainment.The TorrentFreak website lists those present at the White House meeting: Justice Helen Winkelmann ruled that moves by the FBI to copy data from Dotcom's computer and take it offshore were also unlawful. Last week a New Zealand judge found the warrants used in the seizure of property from Dotcom's mansion near Auckland were illegal. 'The same Mike Ellis met with the Minister of Justice Simon Power in New Zealand.' 'It is interesting that a man by the name of Mike Ellis of MPA Asia, an extradition expert and former superintendent of the Hong Kong police, was also at a meeting with Dodd, all studio bosses and Joe Biden. They are publicly available on the White House website. 'After we received information from an insider we scanned the White House visitor logs for all meetings of Chris Dodd and studio bosses with Joe Biden and Obama. DotCom tweeted this image of Biden and Dodd, who is the head of the Motion Picture Association of Americaīut DotCom gave a potential explanation: 'I do know from a credible source that it was Joe Biden, the best friend of former Senator and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) boss Chris Dodd, who ordered his former lawyer and now state attorney Neil MacBride to take Mega down.
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