Judge orders Devin Nunes' family to disclose who's paying for Iowa defamation lawsuit

[douglas9]

A federal judge this week ordered Rep. Devin Nunes’ family members to disclose how they are paying for their defamation lawsuit against a reporter and magazine publisher over a 2018 story about their Iowa farm.

The judge will review the records detailing who is paying for the litigation behind closed doors before deciding whether to share them with lawyers for the reporter and publisher, meaning that there is a possibility that no one else — including those lawyers and their clients — will get to see the information.

Judge Mark Roberts of Iowa’s Northern District Court wants to know whether the congressman is involved in the family’s case, he wrote in his ruling.

Nunes, R-Tulare, shares the same lawyer as the family in other lawsuits he has filed against media companies and people he claims have defamed or conspired against him since 2019.

One of those cases is against the same reporter and magazine company over the same story about the Iowa farm. Nunes is a witness in the family’s case.

https://www.sacbee.com/article255300271.html

[Clash City Rocker]

1. How does one defame the character of someone who has no character?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Why does the judge want to know who is paying for the litigation?

And why does he think it is important?

[MagickMuffin]

3. Perhaps the money comes his campaign funds since Mama is his treasurer

Or was until the FEDS got involved in the process.