A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a defamation case against Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel did not address whether Mace defamed Musgrave but acknowledged that he may not be able to recover damages even if he was defamed.
The Department of Justice had sought to intervene in the case and replace Mace and her staffers as defendants by saying they were acting within the scope of their jobs, which would make them immune.
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Gergel, in his ruling, agreed that the DOJ could intervene in the case but on the condition that Mace owed Musgrave damages for violating his constitutional rights. Still, the judge dismissed that claim too, saying it wasn’t allowed in defamation cases and that Mace was protected anyway by the
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