WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court is allowing Rep. Devin Nunes to sue a journalist over a tweet linking to a magazine story he wrote about the congressman, reversing part of a lower court ruling that had dismissed the case entirely.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s finding that the article, published in 2018 by Esquire, did not defame Nunes, a California Republican.
But the appeals court is allowing Nunes to sue the story’s author, Ryan Lizza, over a social media post that linked to the piece after Nunes initially filed the lawsuit.
