Judge Dismisses Rep. Devin Nunes’ Libel Suit Against Political Strategist

On August 23, a Virginia judge dismissed Rep. Devin Nunes’ (CA-R)  $250 million dollar libel suit against Republican political strategist Elizabeth A. Mair. Nunes sued Mair in March 2019 for allegedly conspiring with his political enemies to spread false information about him before he ran for reelection in 2018.

Federal Judge Dismisses Nunes’s $250 Million Defamation Suit Against The Washington Post

On December 24, 2020, a federal judge dismissed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post that was filed earlier in the year by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA). The suit, filed on March 3, 2020 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleges that Nunes was defamed in a Post article that referred to a conversation Nunes had with President Donald Trump about an intelligence briefing.