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Zorro

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 10:22 AM Jan 2020

Unpaid bills and legal discipline: Devin Nunes' lawyer questioned over ethics in complaints

The attorney representing Rep. Devin Nunes in five high-profile defamation lawsuits has a history of using questionable tactics in litigation, including claiming to represent people who did not know him.

“You file a suit on behalf of somebody you never talked to? I mean that’s astounding. That’s astounding,” Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for Northern Illinois scolded Steven S. Biss in court, according to a transcript. “I mean, I’ve never heard of that happening in my life. Have you?”

A transcript shows that Biss replied that he had not.

That 2004 lawsuit is one of several in which Biss, Nunes’ attorney, demonstrated an unconventional litigation strategy.

Read more here: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article239698653.html

Nunes wants to criminalize criticism of his policies, behavior, and incompetence. The entire Republican Party seems to believe the public works for them, and not the other way around.

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