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Former Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh plans to sue the 
Chicago Sun-Times for printing what he said �is a deliberate 
attempt to defame� him.

Sun-Times reporter Natasha Korecki on Monday authored an article 
alleging Walsh, who lost his bid for re-election, is behind on 
child support payments.

�After insisting he wasn�t a �deadbeat dad� throughout his 
failed campaign for re-election, ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is still 
dogged by questions about child support,� Korecki wrote. �Walsh, 
a flame-throwing Tea Party Republican who was trying to land a 
radio deal and last week announced he was forming a new 
conservative SuperPAC, filed court papers seeking to end his 
obligation to pay $2,134 per month in child support.�

The Sun-Times article goes on to suggest Walsh is trying to 
�terminate� his child support payments through a Feb. 1 court 
filing his attorney Janet Boyle said would be more aptly 
referred to as a �modification� request.

Walsh said the Sun-Times' claim about him trying to �terminate� 
his child support payments �is an absolute lie, and I will no 
longer stand for it.�

�This article by the Sun Times is a deliberate attempt to defame 
me, and I will sue them immediately,� Walsh said. �My adult 
children have been my life. I pledged to them two years ago that 
I would fight these charges privately to keep them out of the 
news, but with the Chicago Sun Times fabricating a story, I am, 
at long last, going to fight back.�

The former congressman and Tea Party star went on to lay out 
what he says are the facts in the case.

�Here are the facts: My three kids are 25, 22, and 18-years-old. 
My youngest son will be emancipated in May of this year when he 
graduates from high school,� Walsh said in a statement posted on 
his website. �Two weeks ago, I did what every other father who 
is paying child support is supposed to do � by law � when their 
employment situation changes � I modified my support agreement.

"With my Congressional term ending on January 3, and with my ex-
wife having been paid in full through my term in Congress, by 
law, I filed a modification of my support payments for my 
remaining unemancipated child for these next four months. This 
modification called for me to pay my ex-wife 20% of my net 
income during these four months, which is my responsibility by 
law.�

�This is what the law requires me to do, and I�ve met that 
obligation. I�ve only been out of Congress for a month, and I 
expect to be employed again very soon,� Walsh added. 
�Regardless, I will continue with my child support payments by 
law until my son Patrick is emancipated. This action was not 
done surreptitiously or with any malice towards my ex-wife. I 
did exactly what the law required me to do. Nothing was covered-
up. Nothing was hidden.�

Walsh also posted screenshots of when Korecki�s original article 
was published and when she first emailed his lawyer requesting 
comment. Her article went live on the Sun-Times website at the 
same minute, 4:48 p.m., as Korecki emailed Walsh�s lawyer. 
Korecki said she �put in a call to him [Walsh] but his voicemail 
is saying the voice mailbox is full.�

Walsh said in his website post that Korecki �falsely� made that 
claim about his voicemail. �That is not true,� Walsh wrote.

Korecki did not respond to Breitbart News� request for comment 
in response to Walsh�s plans to sue the Sun-Times over her 
story. Her editors, Sun-Times editor-in-chief Jim Kirk and news 
editor Zach Finken, similarly did not respond to comment 
requests.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/02/11/Joe-Walsh-to-
sue-Chicago-Sun-Times

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liberals while you are both under fire by foreign agents of the 
outlaw Obama administration?

No.  Shoot the liberals immediately so they can't stab you in 
the back while you are defending yourself, then return a 
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