Federal judge clarifies ex-GOP treasurer candidate’s burden to prove defamation claims

Federal judge clarifies ex-GOP treasurer candidate’s burden to prove defamation claims

A federal judge clarified last week that businessman and former Republican statewide candidate Brian Watson will need to surmount a higher hurdle in proving his claim that a party guest’s alleged description of him as a “criminal” amounted to defamation. Watson was the GOP nominee for Colorado treasurer in 2018 and a 2012 candidate for […]

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