Posted on 08/14/2021 2:03:02 PM PDT by cuz1961
A federal judge just sided with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) in his defamation suit against The Washington Post. .
According to the federal judge, the Washington Post published an article with “at least reckless disregard of the truth that it had previously reported.” .
From The Epoch Times: The paper said in its motion to dismiss that its correction erased any claims to malice, but U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected that argument.
“A newspaper’s own prior (and correct) reporting that is inconsistent with its later (and incorrect) reporting could certainly give the paper reason to seriously doubt the truth of its later publication—just as a source’s pre-publication recantation may be evidence that a publisher had reason to doubt the source’s original claims,” Nichols, a Trump nominee, wrote in his Aug. 11 decision. “Later in this case, Nunes will have to establish by clear and convincing evidence that, even in light of the corrections the Post did issue, it published its statements with actual malice. But for now, he has sufficiently pleaded that, in November 2020, the Post published its article with at least reckless disregard of the truth that it had previously reported,” he added. .
Rep. Nunes celebrated the ruling and said he expects to depose The Washington Post. He said the process may take a few months
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(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
Great news for Nunes.
Chipping away at their lies, but we need back hoes not chisels.
DeSantis/Nunes 2024
Great! First Project Veritas wins the right to depose the NY Times and now Devin Nunes gets the same opportunity against the Amazon Post.
Excellent.
Yeah, baby!
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