In the second week of the defamation trial, where serial litigator and special climate snowflake Michael Mann sued Mark Steyn and others for libel, the proceedings featured notable developments and surprising revelations. To discuss, Phelim McAleer, a filmmaker and journalist who is attending the trial in a federal court in Washington, DC, joins episode 95 of Climate Change Roundtable.
Thursday afternoon marked a significant moment in the trial, featuring Steyn cross-examining Mann. McAleer will share his observations with host Anthony Watts and panelists H. Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and Jim Lakely.
The lawsuit stems from 2012 when Mann accused Steyn and others of libel for ridiculing his “hockey stick” graph, a key element in climate change discussions. Steyn compared the cover-up of Mann’s shoddy science at his then-employer Penn State University to the way the school covered up the sexual abuse crimes conducted by disgraced football coach Jerry Sandusky. Penn State whitewashed the internal investigation.
In addition to discussing the trial, the episode will cover some of the crazy climate news of the week. We also urge you to seek out a new daily podcast produce by our guest, Phelim, and his wife Ann McIlhenny called “Climate Change on Trial,” where professional actors are reenacting the Mann trial.
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The case is being followed (with almost daily updates) by Gateway Pundit. Today’s big revelation is that Mann is not paying for his lawyers and other support. Win or lose, he will owe nothing. This is a clear case of malicious lawfare by the left (and some RINOs).
Today: Stunning Testimony in the Mann v. Steyn Defamation Trial: Climate Alarmist Mann is Not Paying a Penny for his Army of Lawyers! | The Gateway Pundit | by Alicia Powe
Somebody estimated that Mann’s costs in just this case, over the 12 years, probably comes to over $2 million. Time to go after the slush funds that are supporting legal bullying and lawfare.
Apologies (again) but I may have given a very conservative estimate. Dr Marohasy, on another topic, has indicated that Mann’s legal costs may exceed $20 million.
Time to submit a tip to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service”.
Anything a person receives of value without paying for it, the IRS wants it’s share of the value..
Win a prize? The law demands that IRS collect the tax due on the value.
I think the IRS pays up to 10% of taxes owed by the person/company reported.
Mann is well up the income ladder and should be paying substantial portions of his income to the IRS.
A $20 million pro-bono gift suggests an income tax up to 50%, or 10 million dollars.
A tipster might receive 10% or $1 million for the tip.
I submitted a tip on Mann’s pro-bono lawsuits a decade ago. I never received acknowledgement, so I am fairly confident that it was filed in the circular bin.
However, if enough people start submitting the tip, maybe IRS will realize this could be ugly for the IRS in the press.
Unfortunately I don’t think it quite works like that. Most of the slush fund organisations are 501(c) non-profit organisations so giving them money is a tax write-off and Mann is not being given the money – the slush funds get billed by the legal firms directly. It’s a sleazy dodge but, sadly, he’s not technically breaking the law.
I can read a whole lot faster than I can listen. Podcasts bore me to tears.
+10
Often, there’s too much banter and it ends up sounding like a morning commute radio show.
I agree with you and with lanceman’s comment but, in this case, I’m willing to make an exception. I have to say that the Phelim and Ann podcast is pretty good; only the two of them and transcript read by voice actors makes for a better audio experience. One of the problems I’ve had with podcasts is where there have been 6 or 7 voices and it isn’t always clear who’s talking, especially when they get excited and talk over each other! Filming it, as Anthony does here, is much better as you can see who’s talking at each point.
An hour+ long video is a PITA to those of us in remote areas with slow,expensive and unreliable internet access
Where can I find a good precis of the daily activities?
Steynonline – Amy K Mitchell is doing a court report on each day. Not sure if anyone else is doing a complete report on each day but other sites are publishing highlights.
Ditto, StuM. And at my summer place with no cable, too far for ASDL, and no cell coverage, sat internet charges by the byte! Yikes…about $3 per gigabyte, and video eats the bytes.
I, too, would like a daily precis.
Gums sends…
Have you looked into Starlink?
podcasts are great if the subject matter is of interest. Often it’s all about how interesting the podcast guests are, it’s rather subjective
Trial podcasts can be tedious if the topic of trials do not interest you.
Podcasts and video-casts typically have waay too much senseless overhead.
Agreed!
I don’t do podcasts.
Even ones well read by script actors…
As Scarecrow hints, publish the transcript and get out of the way! Insisting that they make a podcast out of a transcript is just trying to inflate their egos and monetize their audiences.
I did try to dial in the trial itself and listen as I did other chores. I can’t imagine the pain level Mark Steyn endures during this trial.
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks to all!
From my own experiences in litigation, I can absolutely confirm that damages have to be proved up in court. I have yet to see a judge that does not require it.