Ex-CBS Journalist Suit Alleging FBI Spying Filed in Wrong Court

March 17, 2021, 7:19 PM UTC

A CBS investigative reporter alleging that her home in Virginia was put under surveillance by the FBI can’t proceed with her lawsuit against the federal government in Maryland federal court.

Sharyl Attkisson’s own admissions, her numerous allegations linked to activities in Virginia, and the lack of factual allegations related to conduct in Maryland undermine her argument that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland is the proper venue, the court said Tuesday.

Even if Attkisson could remedy that problem, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod Rosenstein and former head of the FBI’s Washington, D.C., field ...

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