Nunes Asks Panel to Revive Libel Case Against Magazine
The California congressman wants the Eighth Circuit to reverse an Iowa federal judge’s dismissal of his suit over an Esquire article about his family’s dairy farm. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif,. is seen during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing in 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) (CN) — U.S. Representative Devin Nunes urged a federal appeals court Wednesday to reverse an Iowa district court’s dismissal of his libel lawsuit against Esquire magazine over what he calls a “hit job” by journalist Ryan Lizza. In a complaint filed in Sioux City federal court in 2019, Nunes, a R...