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After Rachel Maddow did segments on her MSNBC present speaking about Devin Nunes and the Russia scandal, Nunes, who was then a member of Congress, sued Maddow for defamation in 2021.
As a substitute of doing what so many massive media corporations and high-priced abilities did when Donald Trump sued them for defamation in 2024, Rachel Maddow and NBC/Common fought the case, and a humorous factor occurred.
Maddow and NBC received.
Reuters reported:
In a 24-page resolution, Castel stated Nunes, a longtime supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, failed to point out Maddow was conscious of a July 2020 article in Politico saying the FBI had acquired the bundle.
The choose discovered no clear and convincing proof that Maddow had a “excessive diploma of consciousness of possible falsity,” or any proof that “defendant’s admitted political bias prompted defendant to behave with a reckless disregard of the reality.”
Nunes’ legal professionals and Trump Media didn’t instantly reply on Monday to requests for remark. Legal professionals for NBCUniversal didn’t instantly reply to comparable requests.
There shouldn’t have been something uncommon about this consequence. Maddow and NBC did what media corporations used to do when confronted with bogus defamation lawsuits from topics of tales.
They fought the case.
