Trump ally Devin Nunes’ defamation case against the Washington Post thrown out

Donald Trump's staunch ally Devin Nunes has had his defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post thrown out by a judge.

Mr Nunes, a representative for California, sued the newspaper in March after they published a story about a conversation he had with Mr Trump. He claimed that the paper had misinterpreted his conversation.

The article, titled “Senior intelligence official told lawmakers that Russia wants to see Trump re-elected,” claimed that intelligence official Shelby Pierson told members of the House Intelligence Committee that Russia had "developed a preference" for Mr Trump.

The paper reported that Mr Trump “learned about Pierson’s remarks from Rep Devin Nunes (Calif.), the committee’s ranking Republican and a staunch Trump ally.”