Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was widely mocked on Monday after Fox News reported he was suing his hometown newspaper for $150 million over a story titled, “A yacht, cocaine, prostitutes: Winery partly owned by Nunes sued after fundraiser event.”

One particularly embarrassing error in the lawsuit was discovered by LA Times national correspondent Matt Pearce.

In a section of the lawsuit discussing a tweet by former Fresno Bee reporter Mackenzie Mays, the authors made a major mistake.

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The lawsuit includes a picture of the tweet, showing three words bolded. The accompanying text reads, “In her tweet, Mays chose to emphasize the words “woman”, “Devin” and “cocaine”.

The problem is, Twitter does not allow a user to emphasize words with bolding. It seems Nunes’ lawyers did a keyword search for those terms, then took a picture of the response with their keywords bolded.

Indeed, the original tweet by Mays did not included bolding of the words as the lawsuit claimed.

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Pearce’s analysis was retweeted by the account Devin Nunes’ cow, which has 634,000 followers.

Here is what some people were saying about the competence of Nunes’ legal team.

OMG Devin Nunes lawyers are just as stupid as he is 😂😂😂 https://t.co/Y3waisUJmF — Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) April 9, 2019

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Devin Nunes' lawyer: proving once more that @DevinNunes is probably the world's dumbest fuck-nugget. I mean, Devin is INCREDIBLY STUPID. I've met rocks less ignorant than him. Looking forward to having him subsidize my @FresnoBee subscription when he pays McClatchy's fees! https://t.co/DwoiRfFxyi — NHRGrumpyLaw (@NHRGRUMPYLAW) April 9, 2019

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Nunes' genius extends to the selection of his legal team https://t.co/MAfNtxDHjH — Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 9, 2019

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it’s astonishing the man can brush his teeth without accidentally getting a mousetrap stuck to his tongue https://t.co/bTM8RuhE7z — kilgore trout’s mom (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 9, 2019

This is marvelous. You can’t bold words in your tweets. The only way to get this effect is to search for those keywords. What idiots. https://t.co/WfS4SmndQh — Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) April 9, 2019

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So @DevinNunes and his lawyers are too stupid to know you can't bld words in your tweets? https://t.co/O0f0y1KG2R — Isobel Carr (@IsobelCarr) April 9, 2019

FFS…before you file a lawsuit, DO YOUR HOMEWORK This is hysterical but also shows their desperation. To say this claim is "reaching" would be quite the understatementhttps://t.co/OnMrDkTaJG — em (@emlas) April 9, 2019

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This is what happens when people who don't know how to internet attempt to internet. Gotta be careful with the Twitters. It can lead you [bold]astray[/bold]. https://t.co/Ch3jySGQl9 — Just Jackie, I guess (@brkgnews) April 9, 2019

@DevinNunes and his lawyer continue to impress. This might be the stupidest thing to happen so far in 2019. https://t.co/88u1WXyrvC — mdDoogie3 (@mdDoogie3) April 9, 2019

lawyers, regardless of age, are basically honorary boomers https://t.co/axmfE8y68i — Kevin (@kevin_bowen) April 9, 2019

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imagine having lawyers so bad they search for an inflammatory keyword phrase, and upon finding a mention, believe you can bold words on twitter & use such to file a lawsuit for 150mm. https://t.co/HvtD2LxWSG — Kris Slevens (@cpqNetworks) April 9, 2019

It is generally advisable when suing someone because of twitter, to hire lawyers that understand twitter. https://t.co/0811C6fGId — Connor 🌐 (@connorfletcher) April 9, 2019

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Also, this is becoming the clearest exercise yet in the Streisand Effect. I had never heard of this story about the alleged cocaine cruise before Nunes decided to sue someone over it. https://t.co/tnxH2oU2aI — LlamaExplodingComputer (@Hal_RTFLC) April 9, 2019

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