Trial not yet set in defamation suit against ex-congressman [Video]

Two years after a defamation lawsuit was filed against former Congressman Denver Riggleman by a corporation over published statements about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, both sides are awaiting a Nelson County judge’s ruling on the litigation’s next steps.

Judge Michael Doucette heard arguments in Nelson Circuit Court from attorneys Jan. 17 on pre-trial motions in the suit against Riggleman, who formerly represented Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, and co-defendants Henry Holt & Company, Inc. and Macmillan Pub. Group, LLC. Another hearing recently was held Oct. 30 in Nelson Circuit Court on the matter, according to court records.

The lawsuit was filed in December 2022 in Nelson Circuit Court on behalf of 1st Amendment Praetorian (1AP), the plaintiff, against Riggleman, …