A federal judge filed a defamation suit by Rep. Devin Nunes
Devin Gerald Nunes Sunday preview: New COVID-19 variants distributed in the US; Redditors shake Wall Street with the Gamestop stock GOP group launches a billboard campaign in which Cruz, Hawley is asked to resign. Undoing Trump makes more than executive orders (R-Calif.) Told CNN about coverage he was involved in an attempt to dig up dirt now-President Biden
Joe Biden Winter death toll rises to at least 40: AP On The Money: GamePop Home, Robinhood | Manchin meets with lawyers for pay | Yellen says going big, GOP says holding off top political donor sentenced to 12 years in prison for MORE illegal contributions to the campaign regarding dealings with Ukraine.
U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain has dropped the case, claiming $ 435 million in damages. Nunes ‘legal team argued that the court should apply the laws of Virginia or Washington to the case, while Swain said that the laws of Nunes’ home state of California should be applied.
‘Plaintiff … argues that, should the court look at the place where he sustained the greatest injury, the laws of Virginia or the District of Columbia should apply, because that is where he fulfills his role of overseeing the activities of the Intelligence community, ”Swain, a Clinton appointment, wrote in her ruling.
‘Nunes does not offer any additional facts that support his conclusive statement that he was significantly injured in Virginia or the District of Columbia, much less a greater injury there than in the home state that sends him as a representative of his district to Congress. His amended complaint alleges that he is a citizen of California and sets out his long family ties with and extensive political service in and for the state of California and its citizens. ”
Nunes’ case centered around a CNN report, saying there was evidence that the Republican in California met with a Ukrainian prosecutor in 2018 to gather malicious information about Biden, who was then planning a presidential candidate. Nunes, who was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee at the time, vehemently denied the report and filed a barrage of lawsuits against CNN.
The news network, a favorite target of former President Trump
Donald TrumpTune: Trump allies taking part in ‘culture cancellation’ by punishing senators who voted to condemn Biden’s government open to resume nuclear talks with Iran Trump-McConnell split divides IDP donors MORE and his allies, maintained it pleaded not for the truth of the evidence, but merely as to what the evidence claimed.
A Nunes spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.