North Shore District Court Judge David Harvey was reported to have made a comment referring to the U.S. as an "enemy" during copyright and trade talks last week at the NetHui Internet conference held in Auckland. The extradition hearing, planned for August, has been rescheduled for March 2013.

Dotcom, known for his prolific activity on Twitter, wrote on the social networking service earlier this month that he would voluntarily go to the U.S. for trial if the DOJ released funds frozen when he was arrested. Dotcom has said he has been unable to pay his legal fees.