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Judge tells Devin Nunes’ family they need evidence of false reporting to sue for defamation

AlterNet logoRep. Devin Nunes’ (R-CA) family had an awkward moment in court this week when their defamation lawsuit against Esquire went awry. Defamation is when you knowingly and falsely attack someone. In this case, the U.S. District Judge C.J. Williams had a hard time finding the false information.

According to the Courthouse News Service, Judge Williams, an appointee from President Donald Trump, issued a 20-page ruling that took issue with the original complaint from the Nunes family. He explained that the family has failed to specify how the allegedly defamatory Esquire magazine article was inaccurate.

The story, written by Ryan Lizza, revealed that the Nunes farm actually moved from the congressman’s district years ago and they’re now operating out of Iowa. The story became a major talking point in the last election, because Nunes claims that he is a dairy farmer, but Lizza reported that the Nunes dairy farm was halfway across the country from where Nunes was running for Congress. Continue reading.

Devin Nunes claims Democrats harassed his wife, resulting in increased security at her school. That’s not what really happened

AlterNet logoRep. Devin Nunes of California has been one of the most litigious Republicans in Congress. He sued a fellow Republican, GOP strategist Liz Mair, for allegedly defaming him online; he became the butt of jokes for suing Twitter over a parody account, Devin Nunes’ Cow. And, he recently sued a liberal/progressive activist group — a lawsuit that, according to a report by the Sacramento Bee, has holes in it.

In the lawsuit, Nunes claimed that the group had requested the work e-mails of his wife, Elizabeth Nunes, an elementary school teacher — which resulted in her being “doxxed” and public school employees being harassed. But according to the Sacramento Bee’s Kate Irby, the school district where Elizabeth Nunes works “has no records that show public employees feared harassment.”

According to Irby, the school where Elizabeth Nunes is employed “says it has no records of teachers reporting harassment or increased security measures.”

View the complete September 17 article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.