{"id":50300,"date":"2021-08-04T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50300"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:30:47","slug":"devin-nunes-sues-nbc-because-rachel-maddow-revealed-his-affairs-with-russian-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50300","title":{"rendered":"Devin Nunes Sues NBC Because Rachel Maddow Revealed His Affairs With Russian Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Rep. Devin Nunes has distinguished himself as one of Congress’ most mockable characters. He’s the sort of representative who believes that being asked if he wants a straw by a waitress is a sure sign of socialism<\/a><\/strong>. So what does a serially litigious Republican gadfly like Nunes do after he’s lost an embarrassing lawsuit against an imaginary cow on Twitter<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/p>\n

Well, now that a court has ordered Nunes to “Don’t have a cow, man,”<\/em> he is tilting at a new legal windmill that he believes is a cancer on his already tawdry reputation. Bloomberg News is reporting<\/a><\/strong> that…<\/p>\n

“California Republican Congressman Devin Nunes sued NBCUniversal Media alleging that MSNBC\u2019s liberal talk show host Rachel Maddow defamed him with on-air suggestions he\u2019d conspired with a Russian agent to rig the 2016 presidential election for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

“Nunes, who is the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, says Maddow has repeatedly targeted him with defamatory statements that accuse him of obstruction of justice and treason.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, Nunes is suing NBC because Rachel Maddow reported accurately about his unsavory relationships with Russian operatives, and his complicity with using disinformation to smear Joe Biden in order to prop up Donald Trump’s dwindling election prospects. Nunes is seeking unspecified damages for \u201cinsult, pain, embarrassment, humiliation, mental suffering and injury to his reputation.\u201d<\/em> Based on that enumeration of alleged harm, Nunes should be suing himself.<\/p>\n

For some reason Nunes filed this complaint in federal court in Sherman, Texas, despite the fact that he represents a district in California, and NBC is headquartered in New York. Do you think he’s “venue shopping”<\/em> this silliness? Where else could he hope for a favorable verdict in this quixotic adventure?<\/p>\n

Nunes must know that he doesn’t have a prayer of prevailing. Particularly when there is virtually nothing of substance on which to hang his case. The commentary Maddow delivered hewed closely to the known facts at the time of her broadcast. And the truth is a valid defense in a defamation case. Maddow correctly reported that…<\/p>\n

“Last summer, Democrats on the Intelligence Committee in the house learned that that same guy, Derkach, had mailed a stack of unknown materials to a Republican congressman named Devin Nunes, who is the top Republican on the Intelligence Committee to this day. Andriy Derkach is sanctioned by the U.S. government as a Russian agent. He is singled out by name by the Director of National Intelligence as someone under Vladimir Putin\u2018s direct purview who helped run this operation targeting our election last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow just reminded Republicans that Devin Nunes is a Russian asset. #maddow<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3iavLy5SgW<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n