A day after sending eight criminal referrals to the Department of Justice related to the Russia counterintelligence probe during the 2016 election, and less than a month after filing suit against Twitter for defamation, Nunes filed a $150 million lawsuit in Virginia against McClatchy news service and an opposition researcher who Nunes says tried to “destroy” his reputation.
The complaint filed on Monday specifically cited a May 23, 2018 article published by the Fresno Bee and written by Mays, entitled, “A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: Winery partly owned by Nunes sued after fundraiser event.”The article described a lawsuit’s allegations of a 2015 party aboard the yacht involving “25 of the Napa Valley-based [Alpha Omega Winery]’s top investors, all men — [who] were openly using what appeared to be cocaine and ‘drawing straws’ for which sex worker to hire.”
Nunes complaint alleges that the reporter used Twitter to try to link him to the party on the yacht; that McClatchy mischaracterized the party as a fundraiser; that the reporting alluded to a Russian connection between the yacht party and Nunes’ work on the Russia collusion investigation; and that McClatchy knew Nunes’ had nothing to do with the yacht party.
Generally people who are "public figures" have issues suing anyone for defamation or libel. It's not that they cannot sue or not win, it's just that they must prove that there was more than a negative story, but rather something was printed with some form of malicious intent.
Now Nunes has been mocked for suing Twitter, largely because the suit he has created has been misrepresented to a large degree. It's not quite as simply as a twitter account mocking Nunes, but that is what it has been made out to be.
I strongly suspect that there will be more piling on from the media over Nune's most recent lawsuit here. But if the facts are anywhere near true, then this might be a case where a suit could muster at the very least a trial.
The key (of course) would be to prove that McClatchy really did know that Nunes was not there, or at the very least did not have good reason to believe that he was. Knowingly tying someone to an illegal event with cocaine and prostitutes is a little more than just criticizing a politicians policies or making fun of his hair cut.
The bigger problem with all of this is that our media holds themselves to no standards anymore. Unidentified sources, citing second information from other unidentified sources seems to be enough for formerly respected news organizations to make wildly accusational claims and pass it off as real news.
Perhaps someone will need to lose a $150 million lawsuit before the old standards of just printing factual news come back into play.
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What is internesting you wasting time making this crap up......BTW.....Still no new facts about GW or Climate yet....why is that Lil Scotty.....left your ballz at home??????
Good Boy....John!!!!!! Sure hope you pissed off all those righteous, old white folks.....BWAAAAAA
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Masters 2019: John Daly autographs woman's bare behind in an Augusta parking lot in most John Daly move ever
The Loop Christopher Powers,The Loop 4 hours ago
Masters 2019: John Daly autographs woman's bare behind in an Augusta parking lot in most John Daly move ever
The real tradition unlike any other during Masters week is not the actual tournament. It's John Daly rolling into town in his gigantic RV and setting up shop in a Hooters parking lot just outside the grounds of Augusta National. From the RV he sells merchandise, snaps photos with fans and of course, signs plenty of autographs.
On Monday, Daly was already back at it, and one lucky (?) lady received Daly's John Hancock on her bare behind in the most John Daly move ever. Check out the photo that Daly posted to his Instagram account:
Barr lived up to what trump wanted....him being donnie's man instead of the country...His true colors sure were in full display today....couldn't even answer a simple yes or no if the WH had seen the mueller report......Sad it has become such a divided partisan country and Trump is pulling all the strings....!!!
suck it up buttercup. " RRB
Barr took those socialist Democrat children to skool and the woodshed.
Rosenstien , Mueller and Barr worked together to put out the brief.
Trump has made a puppet out of Denise.
FUCKING MORON DEMOCRAT REP. TELLS ATTORNEY GENERAL BARR TO ‘STAY WOKE’ — AND THEN EXPLAINS WHAT IT MEANS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/09/attorney-general-barr-stay-woke/
Rosenstien , Mueller and Barr worked together to put out the brief.
He did not say that, cramps...Mueller refused to review the brief is what happened you goat fucking idiot trump dick sucker.....idiot...
Blogger KD said...
Trump has made a puppet out of Denise.
And turned your brain into a fetid pile of steaming dog shit....
Global ICE Age, oh, Global Warming, nope, Climate Change, nah.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/nolte-scientists-prove-man-made-global-warming-is-a-hoax/
Denise admitted Trump has made him a puppet.
Barr was a rock star today, stuck with the Facts and the law.
I could ask Denny a question, but why bother he can't answer it.
Neither can Roger or Fake Pastor Jane.
Roger and Jane you both threatened me and others with a law suit. I have yet to be served , how come?
Trump Approval 53%
Lost Years President 46% @ same time of first term.
Speaker in Name Only Polosi got bitch slapped again by Speaker Pro-tem Luddite Cortez .
"House Democratic leaders on Tuesday abandoned plans to vote on a key budget measure this week in the face of sharp opposition from both progressives and socialists.
The revolt over legislation to set federal spending is a setback for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her deputies on the eve of their 100 day mark in the majority. And it darkens the outlook for how Washington will resolve a slew of ugly funding battles later this year."
Trump has made the goat fucking idiot dumber!!!!!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/nolte-scientists-prove-man-made-global-warming-is-a-hoax/
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!! Science worthy of the Onion or the Babylon Bee....but the goat fucking idiot believes!!!!!!
I don't believe either side.
The earth just is.
Poor old Nancy failures mount.
@CarmineSabia
Democrats have not been as angry at a black woman as they are with Candace Owens since December 1, 1955 when Rosa Parks did not move on that bus.
Rosenstien , Mueller and Barr worked together to put out the brief.
That's not what he said.
He was given the four page letter. He declined to comment or approve of disapprove the letter.
He didn't want to be seen as part of the report summary by the Attorney General.
Well you might actually read the article before you go off on a bender Dennis.
A new scientific study shows has revealed the following:
Current CO2 levels of 410 parts per million (ppm) were last seen on Earth three million years ago, according to the most detailed reconstruction of the Earth’s climate by researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and published in Science Advances.
Yes, you read that correctly, three million — million — years ago CO2 levels on Earth were the same as they are today, but there is one major difference between three million years ago and today…
Three million years ago, we humans were not driving cars or eating the meat that requires cow farts; we weren’t barbecuing or refusing to recycle or building factories; there was no Industrial Age, no plastic, no air conditioning, no electricity, no lumber mills, no consumerism, no aerosols.
In fact, three million years ago, there were probably no human beings on Earth, at least not human in the way we use that term today. And yet…
CO2 levels were the same then as they are now.
So Dennis how is it possible got CO2 level to be the same today as it was 3,000,000 years ago when humans weren't around to pollute the atmosphere with their air conditioners and SUVs.
Can you explain?
When Barr was questioned, if the report was given to the President or the White House staff, he dodged the question by saying that he is waiting until the report is released next week.
He would not say if the full report is going to be given to the house committee or the Senate committees.
He was acting like he said before that the executive branch has the authority to decide whether or not it will be released.
IMNSHO humble opinion that it will go to the courts to decide whether or not the legislative branch has to monitor the executive branch of the President himself.
@JackPosobiec
The Left is completely enraged by Candace Owens today. I haven't seen Democrats this mad at a black woman for speaking her mind since the 1950s
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/nolte-scientists-prove-man-made-global-warming-is-a-hoax/
Is not science. It is right wing rhetoric in content of science.
Your probably a flat earth believer and the earth is only 6,000 years old!
MNSHO humble opinion that it will go to the courts to decide whether or not the legislative branch has to monitor the executive branch of the President himself.
The courts are not going to involved themselves in a food fight between Congress and the president.
And the law is pretty clear as to who has the authority to release the report.
So unless you a compelling Constitution argument you got Butkus.
@cspan
Candace Owens: "I think it's pretty apparent that Mr. Lieu believes that black people are stupid and will not pursue the full clip…That was unbelievably dishonest…I'm deeply offended by the insinuation of revealing that clip without the question that was asked of me."
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1115674485699616769
Great clip, Nadler is too stupid and racist to be embarrassed
Is not science. It is right wing rhetoric in content of science.
Your probably a flat earth believer and the earth is only 6,000 years old!
You're not answering the question Roger. Which mean you have no argument.
Roger, you do know the Mueller thingy for your team is a bust?
"You're not answering the question Roger. Which mean you have no argument."
Roger epic failure.
Come on Alky break out that big IQ, show us you can answer the question .
Don't CD.
Speaking of Epic Failures in Public.
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost control of the House floor on Tuesday, withdrawing from consideration before a vote what was presumed to be a mundane, run-of-the-mill, typical political messaging bill on the budget due to widespread division in her own House Democrat conference."
Upon further examination of the letter from Barr, and the testimony today, I don't think it's over yet.
The report’s second part addresses a number of actions by the President — most of which have been the subject of public reporting — that the Special Counsel investigated as potentially raising obstruction-of-justice concerns. After making a “thorough factual investigation” into these matters, the Special Counsel considered whether to evaluate the conduct under Department standards regarding prosecution and conviction but ultimately determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment.
This means that Mueller looked at the Department of Justice’s guidance to prosecutors about what level of evidence is necessary to indict someone but decided not to actually apply that rubric himself.
The Special Counsel therefore did not draw a conclusion — one way or the other — as to whether the examined conduct constituted obstruction [...] the Special Counsel’s report states that “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
Barr was appointed by the President. His 19 page letter, stated repeatedly he believes in the power of the executive branch. This was a great discussion during the creation of the Constitution. The American Revolution was founded in large part in rebellion against the King of England.
I have always been wary about executive authority. We haven't had a declaration of war since Pearl Harbor. Korea was a major war. Some of my older relatives were veterans of the war.
My cousin was in one of the major battles, I don't remember which specific battle, including the Chinese army, he was one of the few survivors. He wouldn't talk about it. But we didn't declare war, or Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan and before that we were involved with the collapse of Yugoslavia by Bill Clinton.
But what we are seeing here is the President is attempting to increase the executive power. He accused the Obama administration as being stronger on the border by separating more children from their families than he is doing. He kept contradicting himself again today .
Most of his cabinet are lead by acting secretaries. The Republicans have been saying that he's endangering border security by firing so many people who have dared to disagree with him.
The bottom line is that he sees his world is collapsing around him. He kept tweeting all day long.
Something is going wrong.
I don't think it's over yet. "
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Roger is a cartoon socialist .
@julie_kelly2
As I wrote here, the DC political class was terrified of Trump’s America First foreign policy approach. He called out the GOP architects of the failed Iraq War.
Who was in Bush Adm at the time of the Iraq war?
Comey, Mueller, Brennan, Hayden.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/04/08/same-people-behind-iraq-war-lies-pushed-russian-collusion/ …
The climate of three million years ago could very well be different because of natural climate changes, as forests are altered for many reasons, would not be taking CO-2 out of the atmosphere. Naturally occurring situations millions of years ago are not necessarily related to the current situation with carbon emissions.
Controlled capitalism has been the best system in history.
Things like Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid have helped the middle class. TDR broke the monopolies.
The current GOP wants to take us back to 1880.
Roger Amick said...
When Barr was questioned, if the report was given to the President or the White House staff, he dodged the question by saying that he is waiting until the report is released next week.
this entire comment is flatly and demonstrably false.
turn off MSDNC and turn on C-SPAN.
then maybe you can stop lying.
This means that Mueller looked at the Department of Justice’s guidance to prosecutors about what level of evidence is necessary to indict someone but decided not to actually apply that rubric himself.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/24/18279851/mueller-trump-obstruction-justice-exoneration
LOL.
the alky has sunk to the depths of letting the juicebox mafia at vox do his thinking for him.
lil ezzie and his merry band of red diaper babies.
LOL.
The bottom line is that he sees his world is collapsing around him. He kept tweeting all day long.
more psychological projection, alky?
trump's world isn't collapsing alky.
yours? well, ask mail order.
Roger Amick said...
Controlled capitalism has been the best system in history.
how the fuck would you know? you needed a union rep to wipe your ass for you.
Holy shit.
Trump adviser Stephen Miller aka
an rrb clone reportedly informal border czar
AOL.COM 1 day ago
According to multiple reports, White House adviser Stephen Miller orchestrated a hardline shakeup of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
DHS secretary Kirstjen Nielsen unexpectedly announced her resignation Sunday, with President Trump reportedly concerned that she had not taken tough enough stances.
The president, in a meeting of officials in the Oval Office last week, told Miller he was in charge of all immigration and border affairs, reported the Washington Post.
With border crossings at an 11-year high, the Trump administration has renewed attempts to crack down on migration from Mexico.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
US border and immigration policy is now reportedly under the control of one of the most notorious anti-immigration hardliners in the Trump administration, following the surprise departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
On Sunday Politico reported that Miller was behind a government-wide bid to tighten migration policy. The site said he lobbied for the replacement of government officials with those who share his views, and telephoned mid-ranking officials at several government departments to angrily demand that they do more the halt the movement of illegal migrants into the country.
"There’s definitely a larger shakeup abreast being led by Stephen Miller and the staunch right wing within the administration," a person close to Nielsen told the publication. "They failed with the courts and with Congress and now they’re eating their own."
I got an opportunity to be a construction estimator. I don't have a college degree. On my own, I worked my ass off to learn how to estimate hospital construction projects and upgrades to HVAC control and computer systems. I trained two other people, both had degrees in engineering or construction management, how to be estimators.
Jimmy Hitler you can't even write English.
I have always been paying attention into how our economy works. What you call socialism are the interstate highway safety, safety regulations that provide high quality food, and dozens more government programs that keep us safe.
People like Teddy Roosevelt and FDR and even Eisenhower and LBJ, helped build the middle class.
Then came Saint Ronald Reagan and since then the middle class has been receiving a smaller percentage of GDP.
I'm hoping that the next President is a smart sophisticated, leader who can get the people to get their fair share.
If you think you have windmill cancer. You might have some symptoms. And it demands intellectual Trumpism.
Do you find yourself breathing in an out without having to think about it? Maybe you’ve considered that to be a lucky thing, that we don’t have to tell our bodies to breathe, and they just do it for us. However, it might come as quite an alarming shock to find out that 100% of the people who have been later diagnosed with windmill cancer have been auto-breathers as well. If you breathe all on your own, your risk for windmill cancer is astronomically higher, and you should book an appointment at the Trump University Windmill Cancer Research School immediately. They’re the only ones equipped with the tools and know-how necessary to properly diagnose you.
People like Teddy Roosevelt and FDR and even Eisenhower and LBJ, helped build the middle class.
complete fiction, but at this stage of your shitpile of a life it seems to be working for you alky. so go with it. so much for your self-proclaimed status as a student of history.
liberal "logic":
two jewish guys - stephen miller and ben shapiro are both nazi's.
all because "orange man bad."
but i'm supposed to be alarmed about a trump quip about windmill cancer.
alrighty then.
the irony?
those who would mock the cancer claim insist that there are over 50 genders.
those who mock the cancer claim insist that the planet dies in 12 years because cow farts.
now, for the intellectually challenged around here... i'm not supporting trump's windmills cause cancer claim.
just pointing out the idiotic hypocrisy of those who choose to mock it.
if you can't wrap your head around the binary concept of XX & XY chromosomes, you might want to sit out the windmill cancer discussion.
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