Didier drops lawsuit against Newhouse campaign volunteer

Congressional hopeful and retired NFL tight end Clint Didier has dismissed his lawsuit against a volunteer for his opponent’s campaign alleging misuse of state resources. Didier sued Dan Newhouse, the former head of the state’s Agriculture Department and his foe for Washington’s 4th District U.S. Congress seat, last month in federal court. He also sued Newhouse’s campaign and volunteer Christopher Voigt, who is the executive director of the state’s Potato Commission. A federal judge had ordered Didier to be deposed Friday by attorneys for Voigt and the potato group. Newhouse and his campaign was dropped from the lawsuit on Oct. 16. Didier’s attorney, Stephen Pidgeon, notified the court Thursday he was dropping the lawsuit against Voigt and the commission. Jim Keough, a spokesman for Newhouse’s campaign, said the lawsuit was filed for “cheap political points.” “Didier knew all along that this was a baseless, groundless lawsuit,” Keough said. A spokesman for Didier released the following statement via email: “On the matter of the Federal Injunction, the case was settled to the complete satisfaction of Mr. Didier, pursuant to a confidential agreement.”