Robin Abcarian: Devin Nunes sued a fake cow. And kept suing and suing and suing …
It's been a big legal year for Republican U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes of Tulare, Calif., who once co-sponsored the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act."
He has sued:
_A stone fruit farmer in Dinuba, Calif., and two other people for conspiring to damage his 2018 reelection by asking that Nunes not be allowed to call himself a "farmer" on the ballot.
_The research firm Fusion GPS and a Democratic group called Campaign for Accountability for attempting to interfere with his "investigation" (quote marks are mine) into ties between President Trump and Russia when he was chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
_Twitter and a couple of parody accounts, including @DevinCow, which has called Nunes "a treasonous cowpoke." He is asking for $250
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