NBC Must Face Suit by Devin Nunes Alleging Maddow Smeared Him

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Former congressman and Donald Trump ally Devin Nunes cleared an early hurdle in a lawsuit accusing MSNBC host Rachel Maddow of smearing him on her show.

A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday rejected NBCUniversal Media’s request to dismiss Nunes’s lawsuit, saying he’d “plausibly’ alleged that Maddow had made a statement with malice or reckless disregard for the truth.