Rep. Nunes' family ordered by a federal judge to show who's really bankrolling $20 million lawsuit
A federal judge is demanding Rep. Devin Nunes’ family come clean about who’s really bankrolling a multimillion dollar defamation lawsuit against a reporter and magazine publisher over a 2018 story about their Iowa farm.
The suit was filed by Nunes’ family, but Judge Mark Roberts of Iowa’s Northern District Court wants to know who’s really paying the legal fees.
According to reporting from The Sacramento Bee, the congressman’s brother said he had “no idea” who was paying their lawyers and that the family had only paid one $500 fee.
“Anthony Nunes III’s lack of knowledge about who is paying the attorneys prosecuting this action raises legitimate concern about not only who may be in charge of the lawsuit, but also whether Plaintiffs are the still the real parties in interest,” Roberts wrote in his decision.
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