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‘It’s Pointless To Talk About Merit’: What’s The Real Motive Behind Nunes’ Suit?

on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), walks to a closed door committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today the committee is int... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 27: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), walks to a closed door committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Today the committee is interviewing White House Communication Director Hope Hicks in their probe of Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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April 5, 2019 2:28 p.m.

When an actual sitting lawmaker files a lawsuit against Twitter trolls named after his mom and his cow, you make some bovine jokes.

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