WASHINGTON — The way that Congressman Devin Nunes’ family is financing its defamation lawsuit against a journalist and magazine company over a story about their Iowa farm does not raise concerns, a federal judge wrote last week.
Magistrate Judge Mark Roberts of Iowa’s Northern District Court wanted to know if the California Republican was involved in funding the family’s case, he wrote in a ruling last month that made the family share how they were paying their legal fees.
Roberts wrote that he found “nothing suspicious or untoward in the documents produced” that detail how the family is paying their attorney, Steven Biss, and other firms in the lawsuit.
