Edward E. Boshears says he was only doing his job as a state senator when he publicly accused an ex-congressman of wrongdoing. A judge says otherwise.

Brunswick Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Amanda F. Williams ruled last week that state law gives ex-legislator Boshears no shield against a defamation suit filed by former U.S. Rep. R. Lindsay Thomas.

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