Washington Post sued by family of Covington Catholic teenager

The family of the Kentucky teenager involved in a controversial encounter with a Native American advocate at the Lincoln Memorial last month has sued The Washington Post.

In the defamation suit, the family of Nicholas Sandmann, 16, is seeking $250 million in damages.

“In a span of three days in January of this year commencing on Jan. 19, the Post engaged in a modern-day form of McCarthyism by competing with CNN and NBC, among others, to claim leadership of a mainstream and social media mob of bullies which attacked, vilified and threatened Nicholas Sandmann, an innocent secondary school child,” the complaint reads.

The complaint further states: “The Post ignored basic journalist standards because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump by impugning individuals perceived to be supporters of the president.”

Post spokeswoman Kristine Coratti Kelly said the publication is "reviewing a copy of the lawsuit, and we plan to mount a vigorous defense.”

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