Devin Nunes suffers another defeat for a meritless lawsuit. It comes as no surprise

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To no great surprise, but welcome nonetheless, the Virginia Supreme Court has denied a defamation lawsuit brought by former Rep. Devin Nunes against a fellow Republican.

Nunes, the Republican from Tulare who was one of the senior-most members of the GOP in the House until his resignation in December, sued a Republican strategist named Liz Mair and The Fresno Bee over a story the newspaper published in 2018. He sought $150 million from Mair in the case that was filed in Virginia’s Albemarle County Circuit Court.

The story described an employee’s lawsuit against Alpha Omega Winery, a business in which Nunes holds a limited partnership. The employee in the story claimed she was asked to work at a charity event on a yacht where the guests appeared to use drugs and hire prostitutes, which made the employee uncomfortable.

Nunes claimed Mair conspired to spread defamatory information about him through the story. But the lower court judge said Nunes failed to show that Mair conspired against him or defamed him.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/devin-nunes-suffers-another-defeat-212024511.html

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1. that is MOO-velous news!

[underpants]

2. Why in Albermarle county? The story doesn't say. Does he live there

The winery is in the Napa Valley. ???

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3. Virginia.

In the Piedmont region according to google

[underpants]

4. I know where it is.

I don’t understand why he filed the suit in Charlottesville

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5. He was forum and/or judge shopping

since the internet is everywhere he was to some degree able to choose.

[underpants]

6. Ok. Thanks.

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7. Virginia Supreme Court denies Devin Nunes' appeal, says he can't sue Republican strategist

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Virginia Supreme Court denies Devin Nunes’ appeal, says he can’t sue Republican strategist

BY GILLIAN BRASSIL UPDATED MARCH 03, 2022 1:43 PM

WASHINGTON The Virginia Supreme Court denied Devin Nunes’ appeal to continue suing a Republican strategist whom the former California congressman claimed had conspired to defame him.

“Upon review of the record in this case and consideration of the argument submitted in support of and in opposition to the granting of an appeal, the Court is of the opinion there is no reversible error in the judgment complained of. Accordingly, the Court refuses the petition for appeal,” the clerk, Muriel-Theresa Pitney, wrote in the decision obtained by The Fresno Bee.

Nunes, who previously represented the area surrounding Tulare for about two decades, was suing the strategist, Liz Mair, alongside McClatchy, the parent company of The Bee, over a news story published in 2018. He sought $150 million from Mair in the case that was filed in Virginia’s Albemarle County Circuit Court.

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