They say justice delayed is justice denied. When it is swift, however, it can be a thing of beauty. 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 hearing regarding the Censorship Industrial Complex to call independent journalist Matt Taibbi, one of the witnesses for the hearing, “a serial sexual harasser.”
There’s a rather glaring problem with Kamlager-Dove’s assertion: It’s false. But while she might have been able to hide 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 decision to quadruple down on her defamatory statement by sharing it on X, BlueSky, and her official congressional website following the hearing…
