Nunes files $150M defamation claim against McClatchy Co.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California congressman Devin Nunes is suing a media company for $150 million, saying it engaged in “character assassination” with a 2018 story that linked him to a yacht where prostitution allegedly took place.
A lawyer for Nunes, a central California Republican, filed the lawsuit against The McClatchy Co. and others in a Virginia court on Monday.
One of McClatchy’s publications is The Fresno Bee, which reported on a 2016 lawsuit alleging prostitution