FILE PHOTO: Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Tulsi Gabbard sued Hillary Clinton for defamation on Wednesday, seeking at least $50 million in damages for harming her reputation by suggesting last year that one of the party's White House contenders was a "Russian asset."
The lawsuit said Clinton's comments had damaged the presidential candidacy of Gabbard, a U.S. representative from Hawaii, and were motivated by anger over Gabbard's endorsement in 2016 of Clinton's Democratic nominating contest rival, Bernie Sanders.
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