Kim Dotcom plans to launch US Internet Party

Kim Dotcom outside the Auckland District Court. Photo / Getty Images

Kim Dotcom has tweeted plans to launch the Internet Party in the US next year as he continues his fight against extradition to the United States to face copyright and money laundering charges.

Dotcom tweeted today: "The internet Party is coming to the United States in 2015. Stay tuned for our celebrity founders from the music, film and internet industry."

The Internet Party is coming to the United States in 2015. Stay tuned for our celebrity founders from the music, film and Internet industry.

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) December 2, 2014

Dotcom poured more than $3 million into the New Zealand internet Party in the lead up to the 2014 election. In further tweets, he said the internet Party US "will be well funded and run by American citizens."

He also said: "I will help with Public Relations," ending with a winking face.

It is unclear how the party will be funded - Dotcom has claimed he is "officially broke" and the $40 million he has earned since his assets were seized in 2012 had been swallowed up by living and legal costs, as well as more than $3 million for the internet Party in New Zealand.

Dotcom set up the internet Party in New Zealand last year as part of his attempt to bring down Prime Minister John Key and the National Government. His latest tweet shows he plans to extend his grudge match to the United States, perhaps buoyed by his victory over attempts to have his bail revoked this week.

Dotcom blamed that attempt on the US Government, saying it was trying to hit him at a weak moment because his legal team had disintegrated after he could not afford to pay them thanks to assets seizures.

The Crown had argued that he was a flight risk, to which Dotcom replied on Twitter: "I'm not a pirate. I'm not a fugitive. I'm not a flight risk. I'm your internet Freedom fighter AND Hillary's worst nightmare in 2016!" - it appeared to be a reference to Hillary Clinton's possible Presidential bid.

Internet Party leader Laila Harre has announced she will step down from the role after the party has met to decide on its future.

Dotcom's extradition hearing is set for June. He is also expected to try to have some of his assets released by the courts in the near future.