Press Kit

For the record

Bios, assets, film, coverage, and court records. Everything a journalist, producer, or researcher needs to cover the Joby Weeks story accurately.

In the Record

Press coverage

The growing coalition reporting the case across mainstream, alt-press, libertarian, and crypto outlets.

Primary Source

He’s not waiting. He’s filing.

Nearly 30,000 pages of law read. 15 pro se filings on the docket. The case in his own words.

Open the Filing Library → · Full federal docket on PacerMonitor →

WIRED
Anarchapulco coverage

WIRED’s reporting on the Anarchapulco crypto-anarchist gathering · the scene Joby was part of in the late 2010s.

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Ron Paul Institute
Joby Weeks coverage

Search the Ron Paul Institute for analysis of the federal case and its civil-liberty implications.

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Ron Paul Institute
The Ron Paul Blimp era

Search the Ron Paul Institute for coverage of the 2008 campaign-era blimp Joby helped fly.

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Bitcoin Daily Mag
Speaking Truth to Power

Profile: The Persecution of Joby Weeks. In-depth analysis of the case from inside the crypto community.

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Stocktwits
Silenced

The Joby Weeks Case and the Erosion of First Amendment Rights.

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The Gazette
Liberty Weeks coverage

Search The Gazette for coverage of Liberty Weeks · the world-record-setting most-traveled baby (45 countries by her first birthday).

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The Gazette
World traveler with Cedar Rapids ties

The regional paper's report on the arrest of the 176-country crypto traveler.

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Colorado Politics

Local political outlet that covered the 2008 Ron Paul Colorado field campaign Joby was part of.

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UPI
Ron Paul photo archive

Search UPI’s photo archive for 2008 Ron Paul campaign coverage Joby was part of as ground staff.

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Wikipedia
Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign

Encyclopedic overview of the campaign, including the Ron Paul Limo cross-country tour Joby organized.

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Anarchapulco 2020
Speaker Listing

Joby Weeks listed as a speaker at the pre-pandemic gathering of the crypto-anarchist community.

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Denver Westword
$722 Million Scheme

Local flagship coverage of the BitClub case and the Colorado defendants.

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The Film

FREE JOBY

Mikki Willis's feature film. Sean Stone's (son of Oliver Stone) upcoming docu-series. Distribution partners, mirrors, and trailers.

Decode The Narrative

Mikki Willis's Free Joby listing and director's notes.

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BitChute mirror

BitChute search for “Free Joby” videos · uncensored, no account required.

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Sean Stone docuseries

The United States vs. Joby Weeks · in development with Sean Stone, son of Oliver Stone.

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Full feature (YouTube)

The film and related interviews hosted on YouTube.

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Weeks Abroad

Completed travel documentary series, produced by Korey Rowe (director of Loose Change). Eight terabytes of BitClub and travel footage archived. Episodes 101 and 102 finished.

Press Kit

Bios & quotes

Short bio, medium bio, fact sheet, key quotes, and media assets ready for press use.

Short bio (40 words)

Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks is an American blockchain adviser, Bitcoin pioneer, and philanthropist. Great-great-grandson of U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. Arrested at a Tony Robbins event in 2019 as a BitClub promoter; held under home incarceration for six years without trial.

Medium bio (120 words)

Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks is an internationally recognized blockchain adviser, technology investor, libertarian activist, and philanthropist. The great-great-grandson of a U.S. Secretary of War and great-grandson of a U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Joby became a self-made millionaire at age twenty-two and has traveled to over 176 countries with his wife Stephanie. As Prime Minister of the sovereign state of Pontinha, he established Bitcoin as the national currency, the first country on Earth to do so. He is a founding father of Liberland. He was arrested in December 2019 at a Tony Robbins leadership event in West Palm Beach on charges related to the BitClub Network. He has been under federal home incarceration for six years. He has yet to stand trial.

Case fact sheet

Case: U.S. v. Weeks, 2:19-cr-877 (D.N.J.) · 9:19-mj-8526 (S.D. Fla.)
Arrested: Dec 10, 2019, West Palm Beach, FL
Plea: November 5, 2020, tax & conspiracy
Status: Home incarceration, six years and counting. No trial.
Role: Promoter, advisor, equipment vendor (not founder or operator of BitClub).

Key quotes

“The craziest lawfare story ever told.”
Mikki Willis, director of Plandemic

“I have always maintained that I never owned, operated, or founded BitClub.”
Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks

“He lives a life you only hear about in whispers.”
Weeks Abroad documentary

Media assets

High-resolution photography, broadcast-quality B-roll, and approved headshots available on request.

Interview availability is coordinated through the press contact below.

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Sister site

The campaign's second home, with film distribution and supporter tools.

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