It's only going to get worse for Democrats, page-4

First 4 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
moondoong

49,273 Posts.

2

16/12/19

13:13

Post #: 41988838
Share

Originally posted by thecurious1 ↑

BUSTED: Devin Nunes is hiding how he’s paying for all his frivolous lawsuits — which could land him in more trouble
Devin might not find this investigation very funny.

"BUSTED: Devin Nunes is hiding how he’s paying for all his frivolous lawsuits — which could land him in more trouble

On Saturday, the Fresno Bee dived into a lingering question: How does Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) pay for all the lawsuits he is filing against journalists, satirists, and political critics?

“Nunes, R-Tulare, has filed lawsuits against Twitter, anonymous social media users known as Devin Nunes’ Cow and Devin Nunes’ Mom, a Republican political strategist, media companies, journalists, progressive watchdog groups, a political research firm that worked for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign and a retired farmer in Nunes’ own district,” noted the Bee.

These lawsuits were mainly filed in Virginia — a state with very loose laws against so-called “SLAPP suits,” or meritless lawsuits intended to drown people in legal expenses in retaliation for expressing political opinions. Nunes was assisted in these suits by Steven Biss, a Virginia attorney, and yet except for the suit against the retired farmer, there is no clear record in Nunes’ FEC reports of how he paid for the suits.

“That means Nunes is either paying for the lawsuits out of his own pocket, promising to pay his lawyer a portion of any money they’re awarded in court at a later date, or flouting House Ethics rules that would require him to publicly disclose who is funding the legal work,” concluded the Bee."

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/bu...awsuits-which-could-land-him-in-more-trouble/

Expand

Off topic nothing to do with the OP
7 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

FBU

Fletcher Building 'exploring options' around construction division sale

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 018 – Potatoes, TACOs, and the $120M helicopter heist

PRU

Nyangaza mine life extension on cards as 'pleased' Perseus spots encouraging mineralisation

Tuesday's HotCopper trends: Strike + Carnarvon, Insignia + CC Capital | July 22

News from abroad: 2 things moving commodities this week