Ranking Member Devin Nunes (R-CA), speaks during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence annual World-Wide Threat Hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2021.Tasos Katopodis/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo.
NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said Devin Nunes, the former California congressman and an ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, cannot revive his defamation lawsuit against CNN over reports he was involved in efforts to uncover damaging Ukraine-related information about Joe Biden.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Nunes failed to seek a correction fast enough, or show he deserved "special damages" for economic loss.
CNN is a unit of Warner Bros Discovery Inc . A lawyer for Nunes did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Nunes denied the accusations, said his reputation was damaged, and branded CNN "the mother of fake news.".
Circuit Judge Steven Menashi dissented from Thursday's decision, saying the laws of New York, where the reporter and Cuomo worked, governed Nunes' claims.
Nunes left Congress in December to become chief executive of the social media venture Trump Media & Technology Group. »