WASHINGTON _ Rep. Devin Nunes cannot sue Esquire magazine over a 2018 story that described his family's farm in Iowa, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, marking the congressman's second loss in the cluster of lawsuits he filed against news organizations and critics.
The ruling by Judge C.J. Williams of the Northern District of Iowa federal court centered on a story titled "Devin Nunes' Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret" by Ryan Lizza, who now is a political correspondent for Politico.
The so-called secret in the story was that the family had moved its dairy operation to Iowa in a community that relied on labor from undocumented immigrants. Nunes does not have a financial stake in the dairy, which is owned by his parents and brother.
