Imran Awan alleges defamation by reporter, conservative media outlets
A former congressionalstaffer filed a defamation lawsuit against a journalist and conservative media powerhouses the Daily Caller and Regnery Publishing, alleging that they have continued to falsely accuse him of crimes including hacking, espionage and theft even after the FBI and U.S. prosecutors debunked such allegations in 2018.
Regnery in January 2019 published “Obstruction of Justice: How the Deep State Risked National Security to Protect the Democrats,” a book by Daily Caller journalist Luke Rosiak about Imran Awan, who worked for the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2017.
Awan, a technology staffer, and four associates, including family members, were accused in February 2017 of violating House security rules and later fired, and Awan eventually pleaded guilty to a relatively minor, unrelated offense of making a false statement on a bank loan application.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/ex-congressional-staffer-alleges-defamation-by-reporter-conservative-media-outlets/2020/01/28/0bd5181a-4200-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html