A federal judge in New York on Friday cited a technicality in dismissing a defamation lawsuit brought by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) against CNN. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the lawsuit on a technicality, saying that Nunes failed to demand a retraction as is required by California’s defamation statutes. The attorney for Nunes had argued that the laws from Virginia and Washington should apply, but the judge disagreed, opining that California law should apply since that’s the state which sent Nunes to Congress. Nunes sued CNN for $435 million in damages alleging that the cable news company intentionally published a false article in late 2019 which claimed that he had traveled to Vienna on a mission to dig up dirt on Joe Biden. CNN claimed to have a source for the claim. The source, Lev Parnas, has pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges alleging he …