Nunes' campaign drops lawsuit against constituents

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BY BRIANNA CALIX
SEPTEMBER 04, 2019 03:10 PM
UPDATED 5 HOURS 44 MINUTES AGO

... The campaign for Devin Nunes on Tuesday dropped its lawsuit against the people who accused the Republican congressman of being a “fake farmer” and tried to get his ballot designation removed ...

Brian Whelan, a local attorney representing Nunes’ constituents, said in a news release his clients “prevailed and won without having had to square off.” He represents retired farmer Paul Buxman, librarian Hope Nisly and Daniel O’Connell, an agrarian scholar.

Nunes’ lawsuit was an attack on his clients’ rights to free speech and to petition the government, Whelan said.

“Mr. Nunes made a statement that these important rights were to be disregarded when applied to the very powerful,” Whelan said ...

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article234719422.html

[struggle4progress]

1. Nunes suing ethics group, claiming conspiracy

By Rachel Weiner September 4 at 8:55 PM

Republican Congressman Devin Nunes of California has filed a lawsuit claiming a left-leaning transparency nonprofit conspired with a research firm to damage his reputation.

The lawsuit in federal court in Alexandria follows two that Nunes filed in state court against parody Twitter accounts, Twitter, a Republican strategist and the media company McClatchy for reporting on or mocking him.

In the federal suit, Nunes says ethics complaints filed by the Campaign for Accountability are retaliation for his work on the House Intelligence Committee, in which he has repeatedly impugned the integrity of the firm Fusion GPS and the credibility of a dossier a researcher hired by the firm compiled on President Trump’s alleged connections to Russia ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/devin-nunes-suing-glenn-simpson-and-ethics-group-claiming-conspiracy/2019/09/04/550322f8-cf63-11e9-b29b-a528dc82154a_story.html

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2. Drops Tulare County suit, files another case in Virginia

James Ward, Visalia Times-Delta
Published 4:44 p.m. PT Sept. 4, 2019
Updated 5:12 p.m. PT Sept. 4, 2019

... Nunes' Central Valley-based attorney, Peter Kapetan, argued the Tulare County lawsuit was dropped so some of the allegations could be incorporated into a $9.9 million racketeering lawsuit Nunes' legal team filed on Wednesday in Virginia against Fusion GPS and Campaign for Accountability, Inc.

A search of that lawsuit, though, found no mention of the farmer smear or Buxman, O’Connell or Nisly ...

https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/2019/09/04/devin-nunes-drops-tulare-county-farmer-suit/2215421001/

[scarletwoman]

3. He sure is lawsuit happy.

He appears to hold a mistaken belief that no one should be allowed to criticize him at any time, in any way.

[Vinca]

4. He probably needs to focus on the "cow" case.

What a fool. Wish I was an attorney so I could milk this one for all its worth.

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. What kind of idiot sues his own constituents?

Only a fake congressman like Nunes. What a fool!