Nunes defamation lawsuit sees delusion of vast conspiracy

The defamation lawsuit filed last month by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., was sketchy at best. But the one he filed yesterday is nonsense on a pogo stick. His absurd legal claims bounce up again and again without any firm grounding.

Ignoring decades of precedent placing a very high bar in the way of libel suits filed by public officials, Nunes filed suit in March against Twitter and political consultant Liz Mair for allowing, or promoting, what the congressman described as an “orchestrated defamation campaign of stunning breadth and scope.” As almost every legal expert I can find attests, the case against Twitter and Mair will be hard for Nunes to win.