Last month, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) (photo below) insinuated Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) (photo left) may have conspired with Giuliani associate Lev Parnas to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.
In short order, Rep. Lieu received a letter from Nunes’ lawyer threatening him with a defamation lawsuit.
The letter began, “As I am sure you are aware, the United States Constitution and the common law faithfully protect a person’s ‘absolute’ right to an unimpaired reputation.”*
Last week, after it came out that Nunes was involved in Parnas’ efforts to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens — which, of course, Lieu knew all along — Lieu responded. His entire letter back to the lawyer is priceless, but I’ll only quote its ending: “You can take your letter and shove it.”
Read the story here, then LAUGH OUT LOUD.
* That’s incorrect. Rep. Nunes, like every other person subject to American courts and jurisprudence, has a constitutional right to self-impair his reputation. One especially efficient way of doing that is by consorting with shady characters involved in underhanded schemes which are certain to make front page news when exposed. And there are no secrets in Washington D.C.; in that town, someone always squeals. Always — a lesson Trump and his associates are learning the hard way. To slightly paraphrase Bess Truman, “If you want to keep secrets in this town, only talk to dogs.”