Covington Catholic Teens' Lawyer Blasts Elizabeth Warren's Push for 'Immunity' in Defamation Case

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I'm putting this here, because even though it has nothing to do with the primaries, I'll inevitably be pointed in the direction of this forum anyway.

‘She Has a License to Lie’: Covington Catholic Teens’ Lawyer Blasts Elizabeth Warren’s Push for ‘Immunity’ in Defamation Case
by Matt Naham | 6:36 pm, August 29th, 2019

Attorneys for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) filed a notice of removal on Thursday in the defamation case filed against her and others by 10 Covington Catholic teens. The filing represents an attempt to remove the pending case from the Kenton County Circuit Court in Kentucky to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Covington Division.

“This court has jurisdiction because Plaintiffs have asserted claims against Senator Warren, an officer of the United States, for acts performed under color of such office,” Warren’s attorneys wrote, before saying that the U.S. senator intended to raise “federal immunity and jurisdictional defenses in this action.” Although the federal immunity defense could also apply in state court, it appears Warren’s attorneys are citing possible federal immunity as a reason to move the case to the U.S. District Court.
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As Law&Crime exclusively reported at the beginning of August, Covington Catholic teens represented by attorneys Robert Barnes (disclosure: Barnes has written columns for Law&Crime in the past) and Kevin Murphy filed suit against multiple known defendants, including social media personalities, journalists and lawmakers.

At the time, there were eight John Does among the plaintiffs. That number has since risen to 10. The complaint named the following individuals as defendants: Sen. Warren, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico), CNN’s Ana Navarro, Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, comedian Kathy Griffin, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, Reza Aslan (formerly of CNN), Kentucky entrepreneur Adam Edelen, Princeton University History Professor Kevin M. Kruse, activist and journalist Shaun King, Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery and Rewire.News editor-in-chief Jodi Jacobson.
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Matt Naham is managing editor of Law&Crime. He formerly worked as news editor and weekend editor at Rare.

[vsrazdem]

1. LOL. She seems to be in good company. Is this the case of the little nazi's that surrounded the

black man. I though this case was already thrown out.

[highplainsdem]

2. His suit against the Washington Post was dismissed. This should be, too.

[Celerity]

5. Native American, not black. nt

[vsrazdem]

6. Thanks, now I remember it.

[dlk]

3. Entitlement Has it's Privileges...

[maxsolomon]

4. This is going to be a central feature of the General Election campaign

Trump and Faux will trumpet this kid from the heavens.

America = Fucked Up

[peggysue2]

7. Just read that the lawyer representing these kids . . .

also represented Alex Jones.

Says it all right there!

[Gothmog]

9. Juanita Jean's son is handling the case in Travis County Texas against Infowars

I get to hear all about that case

[Gothmog]

8. Marc Elias is representing Senator Warren

Marc was the head of the Clinton Victory Counsel program and just won a major redistricting case

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