From the right wing Washington Examiner:
Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has filed a $435 million defamation suit against CNN over a story that alleged Nunes met with a fired Ukrainian prosecutor in an effort to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The story — “Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden” — was published Nov. 22.
It was based on the words of Joseph Bondy, the attorney for Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas, who worked closely with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in pursuing allegations of Ukrainian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election as well as allegations of corruption in Ukraine involving Biden’s son Hunter. Parnas is currently under indictment on campaign finance charges.
Nunes is already suing Twitter, two Twitter parody accounts, the McClatchy media group, journalist Ryan Lizza, Esquire Magazine, and the nonprofit Center for Accountability. All together, Nunes is demanding around one billion dollars.
Hard to convey how completely absurd these suits are, as to facts, law and purported damages. Half a billion dollars? Nuns been hanging around with oligarchs too much. Makin his mind crazy. https://t.co/uSGBRW0a3o – @washtimes
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 3, 2019
Devin Nunes Sues CNN: Reveals He Was Not in Vienna in Late 2018, Did Not Meet Victor Shokinhttps://t.co/X1KHd1L2MF
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) December 3, 2019
Nunes lawsuit describes Parnas as “a renowned liar, a fraudster, a hustler, an opportunist with delusions of grandeur.”
So what was he talking about with him on calls documented in Democrats’ report? https://t.co/jvC4Z0rPki
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) December 3, 2019