Attorney Known for Representing Rep. Devin Nunes Loses Defamation Lawsuit Against Major Media Outlet
A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by attorney Steven Biss on behalf of a Russian-born student who claimed she was libeled by multiple major news organizations for suggesting she had an affair with former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and played a role in the Russian effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.
You may recognize Biss from his representation of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in a series of unsuccessful lawsuits. Biss recently represented Dan Bongino as well.
The Russian plaintiff, Svetlana Lokhova, filed a complaint in May 2019 alleging that The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, and University of Cambridge academic Stefan Halper had all defamed her by falsely claiming she was a Kremlin spy involved in collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
The suit was dismissed in February by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia — an appointee of President Bill Clinton — who reasoned that the complaint was filed more than a year after some of the allegedly defamatory statements were made and was thus barred by the statute of limitations. The judge held the remaining statements weren’t defamatory as a matter of law and she had choice words for Biss. She also denied Halper’s request for sanctions.
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