A federal judge on Friday filed a defamation suit filed by Rep. Devin Nunes
Devin Gerald NunesSunday shows preview: new variants of COVID-19 released in the US; Redditors shake Wall Street with Gamestop shares GOP group launches ad campaign urging Cruz and Hawley to resign Undo Trump will take more than executive orders MORE (R-California) v. CNN for coverage, saying he was now involved in an effort to unearth dirt-President Biden
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U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the lawsuit, seeking $ 435 million in damages, for technical issues. Nunes ’legal team argued that the court should enforce the laws of Virginia or Washington, DC, while Swain said the laws of California’s home state should be enforced.
“The plaintiff … argues that if the court fixes the location where he suffered the most serious injuries, the laws of Virginia or the District of Columbia should apply, because that is where he plays his role overseeing the activities of the intelligence community, ”Swain, named by Clinton, wrote in his sentence.
“Nunes offers no additional evidence to support his conclusive claim that he suffered a substantial injury in Virginia or the District of Columbia, let alone a greater injury than in the home state that sent him to Congress as representative of his district. His amended complaint alleges that he is a citizen of California and details his long family ties to his extensive political service within and for the state of California and its citizens. “
Nunes’ lawsuit focused on a CNN report saying a witness was presented alleging that the California Republican met with a Ukrainian prosecutor in 2018 to gather harmful information about Biden, who then planned to appear at Biden. the presidency. Nunes, then chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, fiercely denied the report and filed an avalanche of lawsuits against CNN.
The news network, one of the favorite targets of the former President Trump
Donald TrumpThune: Trump’s allies are involved in the “cancellation of culture” by punishing senators who voted to condemn the open Biden administration to restart nuclear talks with Iran. The Trump-McConnell split divides GOP MORE donors and his allies, claimed that he did not defend the veracity of the testimony, but only reported what the witness alleged.
A Nunes spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.