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Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., sued CNN for defamation on Tuesday, accusing the cable network of publishing a demonstrably false hit piece about him amid his high-profile opposition to the Trump impeachment inquiry.
The 47-page lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accuses the liberal network of publishing numerous egregiously false and defamatory statements about Nunes on Nov. 22, 2019 when journalist Vicky Ward reported claims that Nunes met with Ukranian prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in Vienna in 2018 to dig "up dirt" on Hunter and Joe Biden.
Nunes, who has been leading GOP opposition to the House Democratic impeachment inquiry in the House Intelligence Committee, says he did not go to Vienna or anywhere else in Austria in 2018 and has never met Shokin.
CNN is the mother of fake news. It is the least trusted name. CNN is eroding the fabric of America, proselytizing, sowing distrust and disharmony. It must be held accountable, the lawsuit, obtained by Fox News, states.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/devin-nunes-sues-cnn-for-dollar435m-over-false-and-defamatory-ukraine-story/ar-BBXIFKk?ocid=spartanntp
You're going to look like an even bigger shithead when all is said and done Devin.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,695 posts)but please have some at least marginally-literate human read New York Times v. Sullivan to you.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)...and that he will drop the suit before it goes that far.
I think Devin Nunes will be resigning in next few months and that a lot of bad things are coming his way....
blm
(113,061 posts)Heh
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)Move for quick depositions.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)Karma, where are you? Ive been waiting patiently. I hope CNN blows him out of the water.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,389 posts)to sue. It's definitely right out of Hair $hitler's play book.
Takket
(21,568 posts)you would think a member of congress would understand what discovery is and that you really shouldn't enter into discovery when you know damn well you'll be forcing yourself to reveal incriminating evidence.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)CNN is the mother of fake news. It is the least trusted name. CNN is eroding the fabric of America, proselytizing, sowing distrust and disharmony. It must be held accountable."
Unbelievable.
Edit: this is the weirdest complaint I may have ever read. It includes Parnas' mugshot and Nunes' biographical narrative that's completely irrelevant to the claim. Do you care that he's of Portuguese descent ... He and his wife have three daughters ... He worked on a farm? No? Neither will the judge.
Takket
(21,568 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)This won't get very far. But this complaint wasn't intended for the court. It's for the FOX News audience.
I'm just amazed he found lawyers willing to sign this crap.
Bev54
(10,052 posts)d_r
(6,907 posts)the article say this: "...the liberal network ..."
salin
(48,955 posts)getting the $$ to fund these suits. Both a rhetorical and a real question.
TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts).
Of course the Intelligence Community knew what was going on, they were getting direct feeds. 😂
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