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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Fri Feb 21, 2020, 09:18 PM Feb 2020

Court dumps Nunes' suit against Trump dossier firm (and don't you dare refile, either)

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/21/devin-nunes-lawsuit-trump-dossier-116675

The judge suggested refiling the case against Fusion GPS could trigger sanctions.

By JOSH GERSTEIN

02/21/2020 08:06 PM EST

A federal judge has tossed out a racketeering lawsuit House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes filed last year against the private investigation firm at the heart of the Trump-Russia saga.

Alexandria, Virginia-based U.S. District Court Judge Liam O'Grady's two-page order made short work of Nunes' suit, which sought $9.9 million in damages from Fusion GPS, its founder Glenn Simpson and a nonprofit watchdog group, Campaign for Accountability.

The judge also signaled that pressing on with the legal battle could result in sanctions against Nunes and his attorney, Steven Biss.

The California GOP lawmaker claimed that he was a victim of "active, coordinated and ongoing corruption, fraud and obstruction of justice" by the defendants that stemmed from his efforts to investigate the firm's role in stoking suspicions about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 campaign.

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Court dumps Nunes' suit against Trump dossier firm (and don't you dare refile, either) (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP
The judge knows that Devin would bring it back up and keep chewing on it, over and over. tanyev Feb 2020 #1
Chewing his cud? Retrograde Feb 2020 #2
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