U.S. Congressman Devin Nunes (R-Visalia) said he has filed a $150 million lawsuit in a Virginia court against McClatchy, a Sacramento-based news media company.
Rep. Devin Nunes Sues McClatchy for Defamation, Seeks $150 Million
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Republican Congressman Devin Nunes' most recent legal action comes on the heels of similar lawsuits he recently filed against Twitter and parody social media accounts claiming to be his mom and his cow. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Speaking on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Monday night, the Central Valley Republican accused the news group of defamation and dishonesty.
He called out reporting in the McClatchy-owned Fresno Bee from May, 2018 about an alleged sex and drug-fueled yacht party involving a winery partly owned by Nunes.
“They need to retract everything they did against me,” Nunes said on the Hannity show. “They also need to come clean with the American people, retract all of their fake news stories. This is part of the broader cleanup.”
Nunes’ legal action comes on the heels of similar lawsuits the congressman recently filed against Twitter and parody social media accounts claiming to be his mom and his cow.
The former account now appears to be suspended, but not the latter.
McClatchy issued a statement saying the claim is still under review, but so far looks to be “wholly without merit.”
The statement also said the company, which owns around 30 newspapers across the country, stands behind the Fresno Bee’s reporting on Nunes.
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