I really want to know the answer to this as well.
Courtesy of the Fresno Bee:
A nonpartisan watchdog group filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Devin Nunes Wednesday, calling for a congressional investigation into how the California Republican is paying for his lawsuits against media companies and critics.
Nunes, R-Tulare, with Virginia attorney Steven Biss filed six lawsuits and sent two letters implying possible legal action in 2019. He has not disclosed how he is paying for the legal work, and the kind of lawsuits he is filing — alleging defamation and conspiracies against him — can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Nunes filed the first case in March 2019 against Twitter, a Republican political strategist and two anonymous social media accounts that mock him. In his most recent lawsuit, filed in December, Nunes alleges CNN published a “demonstrably false hit piece” when it reported a story based on information from an attorney representing one of Rudy Giuliani’s associates.
McClatchy, the parent company of The Fresno Bee, is among the news organizations Nunes is suing. Nunes alleges he was defamed by a news story describing an employee’s lawsuit against a winery in which he holds a financial stake. McClatchy has called the lawsuit a “baseless attack” on local journalism and is contesting the case.
The complaint says Nunes appears to be in “blatant violation of House rules,” because he would have trouble paying for all these lawsuits solely from his congressional salary of $174,000 per year.
The complaint demands that Nunes show records that explain how he is paying for these lawsuits or identify who is paying for them on his behalf.
If I were a betting man I would wager that it is one of those Right Wing think tanks who are using Nunes to attack media outlets who dare to report information which shows conservatives in a bad light.
In other words media outlets who report the facts.
“on Wednesday about his efforts to raise awareness of bureaucracy within the federal government believed to be undermining President Trump.
“One thing that I tell the American people every time that I speak and I go out on the road and I talk to people is that, remember, the deep state here is much worse than even I thought it ever was,”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-deep-state-is-much-worse-than-even-i-thought-it-ever-was
What gives with this third generation farm boy from the San Joaquin Valley? What in his past made him the absolute far right, Trump boot licking toady he is today? He is one of the most dishonest, unethical, cheating members of congress today. Time after time he gets caught as Trumps stooge and just keeps right on going.
My guess is that Nunes’ funding source for those lawsuits are connected to his strong ties to Trump, Giuliani and/or Ukraine.
By the way, who has the deadest eyes? Nunes or Jared Kushner?
Oh, please let him be using campaign contributions. Because that’s ILLEGAL and he’d be indicted just like Duncan Hunter.
The Sacramento Bee is already against Nunes and they are pretty conservative. There’s another local paper that is also against him. I’m hoping he has a strong enough challenger that he’ll be defeated in November.
If you want some amusement, you should be watching Darrel Issa and Carl DeMaio fight it out for Duncan Hunter’s old seat. Meanwhile the Democrat, Ammar Campo Najar, is airing some very nice ads. He almost won Hunter’s seat the last time. I’m hoping he’ll take it this time while the voters that aren’t disgusted and turned off by Issa and DeMaio’s mudslinging are so split that Najar takes it in the Primary.
It’s popcorn time!
Oops. That was the Fresno Bee, who Nunes is suing. The Fresno bee is endorsing Nunes’ Democratic challenger. That’s a big deal in that area.
https://www.salon.com/2020/02/05/devin-nunes-hometown-paper-endorses-his-rival-the-republican-has-continued-to-fail-his-district/
“Before 2018, the Fresno Bee notes, Nunes “had previously received the paper’s recommendation in every campaign since he was first elected in 2002.” But that changed in 2018 because Nunes, according to the Bee, “became obsessed with defending President Donald Trump against the Mueller investigation, to the point of violating well-established protocol while running the powerful House Intelligence Committee.”
The Bee goes on to assert that the far-right congressman has “continued to fail his district and has peddled wild conspiracy theories about how Democrats are out to get the president. He does so despite the fact that Congress is an independent branch of government. And he has not seriously considered whether any of the points Democrats have made in the impeachment process might be legitimate; not even once has he opened his mind to the possibility that Trump used the office of the president to conduct foreign affairs for his own personal gain.””
And what do you know? Now he’s suing the Fresno Bee.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article240188912.html
While he’s waiting to find out if he can sue a California newspaper in Virginia, he’s banned reporters from the Fresno Bee from reporting on a public event. I can’t help but think this is all because they endorsed his political opponent.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article240433786.html
“Rep. Devin Nunes’ war against the free press reached a new low on Tuesday when he barred The Fresno Bee from covering a major water forum in Tulare.
The forum covered matters of crucial public interest. The chief executive officer of Friant Water Authority, a public agency, moderated the event. David Bernhardt, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, also attended. Yet despite the fact that the McClatchy reporters had reserved tickets, Nunes’ staff banned them.
“The Fresno Bee learned at 10 a.m. Tuesday that its reporters would not be allowed to cover the event, after receiving tickets Thursday via email after registering for it on an Eventbrite website,” according to a story by Bee reporters Carmen George and Kate Irby.”
” “Nunes has routinely concealed his public schedules in California for the past several years and rescheduled fundraising events when logistical details have leaked,” wrote George and Irby. It’s been years since Nunes has had the courage to face his constituents in a town hall.
But the water forum was not a private party or a fundraiser. It was a public interest event featuring public officials. Nunes’ decision to bar the region’s biggest newspaper from attending represents a new strategy in his war against the free press. It also ensured that his constituents would be unable to read about the forum in the region’s largest newspaper, despite its longstanding support of water for farmers.”
And that is now he almost lost his re-election in 2018. His opponent at that time hammered on the fact he’s never around, never accessible and isn’t concerned with the problems and issues in Tulare. He’s too busy kissing Trump’s ass and suing people. He used to win by a wide margin. I think one he even ran unopposed. But in 2018 he squeaked by with only a 5-8% margin. That is really small for such a red district. And Tulare is really red. There’s MAGA stuff all over. Giant Jesus signs. I think 2018 was a sign that even his Republican constituents have had enough of him. They want someone that will deal with the tariffs and water crisis, not sue a “cow’s” Twitter account or fly off to Ukraine. There are red-blooded Republicans but they are also Californians and I’m sure Nunes’ association with Giuliani and Les Parnas didn’t sit right with them.
That opponent isn’t running against him again, but there is one making even more headway. I wouldn’t be surprised if this time, Nunes lost by a slim margin. I think Tulare has had enough of their invisible representative who spends all his time defending Trump instead of helping the voters of his district.
While it’s only the Fresno Bee that has endorsed his opponent, is being sued and is barred from even public events by Nunes’ staff, it looks like the Sacramento Bee may not be far behind. There is nothing like barring a journalist from doing their job that rallies the other media outlets to circle the wagons, defend their own and go on the attack.
“On Tuesday, Nunes also succeeded in dragging Secretary Bernhardt and Friant Water Authority CEO Jason Phillips into his mess. Neither leader should have agreed to go forward with the forum after Nunes blocked The Bee, disrespecting the First Amendment and turning the public forum into his own personal political rally.
We expect such behavior from authoritarian countries, but not in the United States — and not here in Central California. If Nunes can’t tolerate the basic responsibilities of public life, like allowing reporters to cover his events, he should step aside and find a new job — perhaps as a Fox News commentator.
After all, while he’s invisible in his district, he seems to live on Fox News. Nunes loves it there because, unlike in town halls or newspaper interviews, Fox News doesn’t call out his lies or ask tough questions. Seems like a perfect fit.”
While that is only an opinion editorial from the Sacramento Bee it’s pretty significant in it’s criticism of Nunes, a Republican.
More and more young people and Latinos are moving into Tulare because it is affordable. Many of them vote Democratic. I have to wonder if the tide will finally turn and Nunes will be replaced with a Democrat. If he is, it couldn’t happen to a more deserving piece of shit and Nunes will only have himself to blame.
let me guess, starts with an R, ends with an A and has USSI in the middle.