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Nunes Files $150 Million Defamation Suit Against McClatchy: ‘It’s Baseless’ Says Company

Congressman Devin Nunes is at the center of another social media fray, after filing a lawsuit that inspired the trending hashtag #yachtcocaineprostitutes. On Monday night, Nunes sued publishing company McClatchy for $ 150 million in damages, over an article published in the Fresno Bee last May that he claims was defamatory. That article detailed a publicly available lawsuit filed against a winery that Congressman Nunes has invested in . The lawsuit alleged that in 2015, guests on a yacht owned by the winery had been snorting cocaine and soliciting prostitutes. The article stated that the Congressman was not connected to the events on the yacht, but he claimed that by associating him with the lawsuit, the company “weaponized its powerful pen and used it as a terrible sword.” Nunes’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Mike Der Manouel, Jr. is a Fresno Republican and chair of a pro-business Political Action Committee called the Fresno County Lincoln Club. He argues the Fresno
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