'They simply made it up': Right-wing outlet hit with defamation suit over pipe bomb report

A former Capitol Police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection sued a MAGA media outlet on Tuesday, alleging that she was defamed during one of their "nonsense" investigations.

Shauni Kerkhoff, who now works in the CIA, sued Blaze Media over a theory the outlet concocted about her being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber and for refusing to retract the report after Brian Cole Jr. confessed, according to the lawsuit. The 127-page document does not list a specific amount of damages claimed because damage "continues to accrue," it reads.