Rep. John Duarte, a vulnerable House Republican, owns a family tree farm in California.
His farm is facing a new lawsuit alleging that they deceptively sold the wrong kind of lemon tree.
That's on top of an existing 2015 lawsuit alleging that his farm sold defective pistachio trees.
Specifically, Turner says that Duarte Trees and Vines — a tree nursery located in California's Central Valley — agreed to sell him 1,860 "8A Lisbon lemon trees," but sold him seedless lemon trees instead.
AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile an invoice attached to Turner's complaint does corroborate that he was sold 8A Lisbon lemon trees, his suit may have a wrinkle: that type of lemon tree is known to have low seed counts.
Persons:
John Duarte, —, Ron Turner, John Duarte's, Turner, Duarte, Duarte's, Joe Biden, Adam Gray, Jeff, Kevin McCarthy —
Organizations:
Republican, Service, Republicans, Democratic, Fox News, Agriculture, Central
Locations:
California, Lisbon