A federal judge has dismissed a $435 million libel suit that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) filed against CNN, rejecting his claim over a report related to the first impeachment case against Donald Trump.U.S.
District Judge Laura Taylor Swain wrote in her opinion that Nunes failed to show that he suffered special damages, or a loss of business or property.
She also ruled that he did not demand a retraction from CNN, a key element in pursuing libel cases in California. The judge also said that Nunes had failed to plausibly claim that the network engaged in a conspiracy to defame him.Nunes sued over a November 22, 2019 report that Lev Parnas, the former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was prepared to tell Congress that Nunes met with Victor Shokin, the
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