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The Hill
3 days ago
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- The Hill
Nunes defamation lawsuit over Rachel Maddow comment dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif) against MSNBC personality Rachel Maddow nearly five years ago. U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ruled this week that Nunes failed to prove Maddow and her team at the network acted with actual malice during a discussion about a package Nunes received addressed to him from Andrii Derkach, a Ukrainian legislator with ties to Russian officials and intelligence services, while he was the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. 'The Court concludes that no reasonable jury could find that NBCU made the statement with constitutionally-defined actual malice,' Castel wrote. MSNBC is owned by NBC Universal as part of the Comcast corporate umbrella. Nunes, a longtime ally of President Trump, sued Maddow in 2021 alleging she and the network 'harbor an institutional hostility, hatred, extreme bias, spite and ill-will' toward the Republican. The suit specifically took issue with statements made by Maddow during her show on March 18 of that year, during which she suggested that Nunes refused to turn over a package he had reportedly received from the suspected Russian agent to the FBI. Castel in 2022 ruled Nunes' case could proceed, writing his attorneys had 'plausibly allege[d] actual malice' but did not make a determination about the merits of the former congressman's claim against the network. Maddow has for years attacked Trump, who has blasted Comcast over NBC News coverage of his administration and suggested critics such as Maddow be taken off the air.
Sky News AU
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
CNN analyst accuses Trump administration of releasing ‘cherry picked' intel to protect Russia
CNN Analyst Beth Sanner has accused the White House of aiding Russia following a recent declassified report. On Wednesday, the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report. Sanner claimed the report had 'cherry-picked examples', contradicting intelligence that Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled with the 2016 election. During the 2016 election, the intelligence community found that Putin meddled with the election to help Donald Trump become president. 'What I don't appreciate is that these are cherry-picked examples that they are quibbling, angels dancing on the head of a pin when we have volumes of reporting,' Sanner said. 'You're always going to find one report that's different, OK, whatever.' Gabbard's declassified report found that there was no definitive evidence to prove that Putin wanted Trump to win the election.
New York Post
24-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
CNN analyst accuses Trump admin of aiding Russia by releasing ‘cherry-picked' intel on Trump-Russia collusion investigation
CNN National Security Analyst Beth Sanner accused the Trump administration of aiding Russia after the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, declassified a report prepared by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence back in 2020 on Wednesday. Sanner slammed the administration on Wednesday for releasing the report, which she claimed included 'cherry-picked examples' that ran contrary to the intelligence community's assessment at the time that Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 election in hopes of helping President Donald Trump win. Advertisement 'What I don't appreciate is that these are cherry-picked examples that they are quibbling, angels dancing on the head of a pin when we have volumes of reporting,' she asserted. 'You're always going to find one report that's different, OK, whatever.' The report revealed that the intelligence community did not have any direct information that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help elect Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, but, at the 'unusual' direction of then-President Barack Obama, published 'potentially biased' or 'implausible' intelligence suggesting otherwise. 3 CNN National Security Analyst Beth Sanner says the Trump administration aided Russia after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified a previous report. MediaPunch / BACKGRID Advertisement The report states that then-CIA Director John Brennan 'ordered the post-election publication of 15 reports containing previously collected but unpublished intelligence, three of which were substandard—containing information that was unclear, of uncertain origin, potentially biased, or implausible—and those became foundational sources for the ICA judgements that Putin preferred Trump over Clinton.' The CNN analyst disputed these findings, arguing that the 'big message' for Americans is that 'Russia tried to interfere in our election processes with the point of undermining our confidence in our democracy and, by bringing this up again, the Trump administration is doing the work of our adversary Russia.' 3 Sanner claimed the report had 'cherry-picked examples' that ran contrary to the initial assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help secure President Donald Trump's win. Fox News 3 The current report indicates that Putin didn't have direct access to help elect Trump in 2016. AFP via Getty Images Advertisement Sanner's claims stand in stark contrast to Gabbard's statements made at a White House press briefing Wednesday, alleging the Obama administration promoted a 'contrived narrative' that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. 'There is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false,' Gabbard said. 'They knew it would promote this contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump win, selling it to the American people as though it were true. It wasn't.' Fox News' Brooke Singman and Diana Stacey contributed to this report.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
37 House Dems vote with GOP to deport illegal immigrant drunk drivers
A bill to deport illegal immigrants convicted of driving while under the influence (DUI) netted the support of 37 House Democrats on Thursday. The bill was introduced by conservative Rep. Barry Moore, R-Ala., and passed by a 246 to 160 vote. No Republican voted against the bill, and it was opposed by 160 Democrats. Democrats who voted for the legislation include Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as moderate Reps. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., Jared Golden, D-Maine, Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., Don Davis, D-N.C., and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., among others. 148 Democrats Back Noncitizen Voting In Dc As Gop Raises Alarm About Foreign Agents "Today's vote in the House sends a clear message: if you are a guest in this country, and you break our laws and put American lives at risk by driving under the influence, there will be consequences," Moore said. Read On The Fox News App The bill is named after Jeremy and Angel Seay, a couple from Moore's own community who were killed by an illegal immigrant who was found to have been drunk driving, Moore said. It's also named after slain Arizona police officer Brandon Mendoza, who was killed by an illegal immigrant found to have been driving under the influence. Republicans Challenge 'Irrelevant' Budget Office As It Critiques Trump's 'Beautiful Bill' Democrats who opposed the bill argued it was an attempt at fearmongering. "I participated in the judiciary hearings that led to this bill being sent to the floor, and I carefully reviewed the majority report. There's absolutely no evidence in that hearing or report showing a causal connection between immigration status and drunk driving," Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Pa., said when the House Rules Committee debated the bill earlier this week. "And most notably, for all this talk, this legislation takes no real meaningful action to repair our broken immigration system." But Moore said he was "amazed" that 160 Democrats voted against the bill. "It just shows that if it comes to anything about holding illegal immigrants accountable, even if it's killing our own people in drunk driving cases, they're against any kind of reforms on immigration," Moore said. House Democrats' senior leadership are among the 160 who voted against the bill, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. The legislation would have to be taken up by the Senate and then signed into law by President Donald Trump to go into article source: 37 House Dems vote with GOP to deport illegal immigrant drunk drivers
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Democratic Rep praises Trump for doing 'pretty darn well' on Middle East tour
Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., offered rare praise for President Donald Trump Thursday, arguing he "played the Middle East pretty darn well." Trump has received acclaim from some unusual constituencies for his efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships in the Middle East for stability and economic prosperity. Trump, speaking in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday said he thinks the U.S. and Iran "are getting close" to a nuclear deal without any violence. Earlier this week, the president announced he would be lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria, before meeting the country's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, becoming the first U.S. president to meet with a Syrian president in 25 years. Himes, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, spoke at Politico's Security Summit on Thursday where the Democrat gave rare credit to the Republican president. Former Biden Officials Offer Rare Praise For Trump's Bold Middle East Moves "I'm not in the habit of praising Donald Trump," he began, before describing how Trump exceeded his expectations in the Middle East the past week. Read On The Fox News App "I go into the week fearing that the prime minister of Israel is hell-bent on going to war with Iran. I go into the week worried that we're going to miss the thread of an opportunity in Syria for the new leadership there. And I got to tell you, I think the president has, in this last week or so, played the Middle East pretty darn well," Himes said. "My guess is that the prime minister of Israel is cooling his heels a little bit on planning for Iran. My guess is that he's probably thinking through a better situation than he otherwise might want for Gaza," he added. "And look, it appears we're going to give al-Sharaa a chance in Syria. That's pretty good stuff. Again, not in the habit of praising this president, but I got to give him some kudos there." Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Politico senior political columnist Jonathan Martin noted he would not hear any of those things from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who is regarded as a hawk on foreign policy. "The very reason that you're praising Donald Trump is because he is taking a much more dovish approach to the Middle East than the hawks in his party, which does reflect that oftentimes Trump's impulses are really, really less hawkish than the folks in his party would prefer, right?" Martin said. Himes argued that the very reason he is in office is because of the backlash to the Iraq War. "I'm cautious about broad statements — but the mistakes of foreign policy in my lifetime have been mistakes of being naive about military engagement or about, you know, covert stuff," he said. "Remaking the region," Martin suggested, appearing to refer to ambitions of regime change and nation building in the Middle East. "Vietnam. Remaking the region. Changing the world at the point of a spear," Himes said. "And so, you know, look, we'll see. We'll see." Himes is one of many unexpected sources who have praised Trump for his bold moves in the Middle East, as numerous ex-Biden officials have expressed admiration as article source: Democratic Rep praises Trump for doing 'pretty darn well' on Middle East tour
