BY TAL AXELROD
\nThe Hill<\/p>\n
A federal judge on Friday threw out a libel lawsuit filed by Rep.\u00a0Devin Nunes<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(R-Calif.) against CNN over coverage saying he was involved an effort to dig up dirt on now-President Biden<\/a><\/span>\u00a0regarding dealings with Ukraine.<\/p>\n U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain threw out the suit, which sought $435 million in damages, on a technicality. Nunes\u2019s legal team argued that the court should apply the laws of Virginia or Washington, D.C. to the case, while Swain said the laws of Nunes\u2019s home state of California should be applied.<\/p>\n \u201cPlaintiff \u2026 argues that, if the Court were to look to the place where he suffered the greatest injury, the laws of either Virginia or the District of Columbia should apply because that is where he performs his role overseeing the activities of the Intelligence Community,\u201d Swain, a Clinton appointee, wrote\u00a0in her ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cNunes does not proffer any additional facts that support his conclusory statement that he suffered substantial injury in either Virginia or District of Columbia, much less a greater injury there than in the home state that sends him to Congress as the representative of his district. His Amended Complaint alleges that he is a citizen of California and details his long family ties with, and extensive political service in and for, the state of California and its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n