Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has filed another lawsuit, this time he is suing McClatchy, the Fresno Bee reported on Tuesday.
The Fresno Bee, owned by McClatchy explains that in his new lawsuit, Nunes alleges “that headlines about a 2016 lawsuit against a Napa Valley winery called Alpha Omega — in which Nunes is an investor — were “part of a scheme to defame Nunes.”
USA Today’s Bard Heath explains via Twitter the Nunes lawsuit.
In paragraph 6, Rep. Nunes alleges that his most recent re-election campaign wasn't much fun. pic.twitter.com/ZUuWKuUucm
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 9, 2019
This seems to be the meat of the complaint for which Rep. Nunes is seeking $150 million. pic.twitter.com/KMAYz6I6sl
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 9, 2019
Rep. Nunes' lawsuit alleges both that everybody already knew about the winery/cocaine/yacht/sex lawsuit, and that it is defamatory to suggest that he knew about it (by reporting that it wasn't clear whether he knew). pic.twitter.com/BwaAvZggsC
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 9, 2019
Rep. Nunes also says McClatchy defamed him by reporting on an ethics complaint that was filed against him over the whole winery/yacht/prostitute/lawsuit thing. This part of the complaint is in bold, which means it is very, very serious. pic.twitter.com/5tWBtON4jM
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 9, 2019
One of the most surprising things about this lawsuit is that it was filed by a lawyer.
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) April 9, 2019
Nunes who is suing Twitter, two parody accounts, and Liz Mair, apparently still doesn’t understand how Twitter works as the Fresno Bee notes, “#YachtCocaineProstitutes” was trending, with nearly 70,000 tweets posted by 10 a.m. Tuesday. Many of the tweets appeared to be used in a wide variety of contexts, but many of the most widely circulated tweets named Nunes or tagged his official Twitter account,” the hashtag references the article that Nunes wants deleted.
For What it’s Worth: You’d think he’d have learned his lesson after suing his cow, who at the time of the lawsuit had less than 2,000 followers on Twitter. Currently the Cow has 635,000 followers. Nunes has 430,000 followers on Twitter.
It’s 5:10 eastern time and the hashtag is still trending.
