A federal judge on Friday rejected a defamation suit filed by the Rep. Devin Nunes
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US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the lawsuit, which sought $ 435 million in damages, on a technicality. Nunes’s legal team argued that the court should apply the laws of Virginia or Washington, DC to the case, while Swain said that the laws of the home state of Nunes, California, should apply.
“The Claimant … argues that if the Court were to look at the place where it suffered the greatest damage, the laws of Virginia or the District of Columbia should apply because that is where it performs its function of overseeing the activities of the Community of Intelligence, ”Swain, a Clinton nominee, wrote in his decision.
“Nunes does not offer any additional facts to support his conclusive statement that he sustained substantial injury in Virginia or the District of Columbia, much less a major injury there than in the home state that sends him to Congress as a representative of his district. His amended complaint alleges that he is a citizen of California and details his long family ties to, and extensive political service in and for, the state of California and its citizens. “
Nunes’ lawsuit revolved around a CNN report saying the testimony was close on the grounds that the California Republican met with a Ukrainian prosecutor in 2018 to collect damaging information about Biden, who was planning a presidential run. Nunes, who was chairman of the Chamber’s Intelligence Committee at the time, vehemently denied the report and opened an avalanche of actions against CNN.
The news network, a favorite target of the ancients President Trump
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A spokesman for Nunes did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.