State Superintendent Ryan Walters says he was fulfilling his official duties when he called a district school superintendent "a clown and a liar."

Walters filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit claiming it was “frivolous,” according to the court documents. The document also claims Walters has immunity from the lawsuit, thanks to Oklahoma’s Government Tort Claims Act,

The motion claims that because Walters is a public official, Miller has a higher burden of proof in the defamation lawsuit. It also claims Walters is protected under the First Amendment.