Matt Taibbi Responds to Sydney Kamlager-Doves | Political News

They say justice delayed is justice denied. When it’s swift, nevertheless, it may be a factor of magnificence. On Tuesday, Democrat Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA), as Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia, used her opening remarks in a listening to concerning the Censorship Industrial Complex to call unbiased journalist Matt Taibbi, one of the witnesses for the listening to, “a serial sexual harasser.” 

There’s a reasonably obtrusive downside with Kamlager-Dove’s assertion: It’s false. But whereas she might need been in a position to cover behind the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause, which shields members of Congress from being sued for actions taken during legislative proceedings, Kamlager-Dove’s resolution to quadruple down on her defamatory assertion by sharing it on X, BlueSky, and her official congressional web site following the listening to seems to have put her within the soup. 

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Even higher (or worse), Kamlager-Dove selected to ridicule Taibbi for opting not to defend himself during the listening to, characterizing it as “telling.” Well, now he has. 

On Thursday, Taibbi responded to her slur by submitting a lawsuit in opposition to Kamlager-Dove for libel in federal courtroom in New Jersey, searching for $10 million in compensatory damages in addition to punitive damages. 

Taibbi introduced the go well with’s submitting on X and on his Substack:

No lady has ever accused me of participating in sexual harrassment as soon as, not to mention serially.
See you in courtroom.
Please don’t evade service. https://t.co/pIUNYYWHg0 pic.twitter.com/fFFTcPqS3A

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) April 3, 2025

There is just not a lot a individual can say to a member of Congress hiding behind the speech and debate clause of the Constitution. I can nevertheless reply to a member conceited enough to repeat defamatory claims on social media. 

See under for the $10 million libel lawsuit filed right now.  

No lady has ever accused me of participating in sexual harrassment as soon as, not to mention serially.

See you in courtroom. 

Please don’t evade service.

Having watched the listening to dwell, I used to be astounded after I heard Kamlager-Dove’s assertion. I might need even set free an expletive, albeit by way of acronym. I’m used to watching the Democrats’ unhinged conduct in these hearings, however even I used to be shocked by the vicious smear. 

Taibbi’s “America This Week” podcast associate, Walter Kirn, remarked on Taibbi’s announcement, noting that it was accompanied by “his characteristic moderation.” 

With his attribute moderation

Excellent https://t.co/SNTABhMsJv

— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) April 3, 2025

I’ll confess, half of me hopes Kamlager-Dove opts to defend the go well with reasonably than fold, simply in order that I can get pleasure from watching it play out. And there’s a scrumptious sense of irony that a sitting member of Congress opted to have interaction in a single of the restricted — and well-established — exceptions to free speech protections in relation to a listening to on censorship. 

In any case, kudos to Taibbi for opting to reply in spectacular fashion. 

The full grievance could also be seen under. 

Taibbi Suit by Susie Moore on Scribd