Bazinga! Edward Maibach and his FOI emergency stay for the #RICO20 emails gets slapped down by the court

From my sources in Virginia Court, comes this news about what we reported on recently: CEI fires back at Ed Maibach over ’emergency stay’ of #RICO20 FOIA documents – looks like…

More FOI follies from the George Mason University #RICO20 train wreck: Edward Maibach, 'legal gymnast'

People send me stuff. Today, I’ve been given CEI’s response to the “emergency stay” that Ed Maibach filed (via his own attorney) last week that sought not only to prevent…

CEI fires back at Ed Maibach over 'emergency stay' of #RICO20 FOIA documents – looks like he's toast

People send me stuff. Earlier today, we saw that Ed Maibach himself hired an attorney to file an emergency stay of release of FOIA documents that George Mason University had…

BREAKING: #RICO20 Edward Maibach tries 'emergency stay' to retroactively pull Shukla/George Mason University emails from view

People send me stuff. It seems that one of the two main ringleaders of the RICO20 is trying some legal wrangling this morning to head off disclosure of more documents.…

Shukla's Emails Tell a Very Different Story About How NY AG’s RICO Campaign Started Off

From Energy In Depth (h/t to Matt Dempsey) A new batch of emails, released late Friday afternoon, pulls back the curtain further on the level of collusion and coordination between…

BREAKING: CEI Defeats RICO-20 Ringleader Shukla In FOIA Lawsuit – Emails to be are made public

  From CEI’s web page: CEI Defeats RICO-20 Ringleader In FOIA Lawsuit George Mason University Must Release Documents Calling for Prosecution of Political Opponents The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) prevailed…

Green Puerto Rico "Not a Bailout" Rescue Package

Guest essay by Eric Worrall Legislation is before the House of Representatives to rescue Green Energy Enthusiast Puerto Rico from a debt crisis, but the White House and the Speaker…

Prosecuting climate chaos skeptics with RICO

Al Gore, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat AGs threaten to silence and bankrupt skeptics Guest opinion by Paul Driessen It’s been a rough stretch for Climate Armageddon religionists and totalitarians. Real World…

Deposition sheds troubling new light on the #RICO20/DOJ “potential investigation of climate deniers”

14 of the RICO20 Guest essay by Chris Horner Yesterday, in a Senate hearing, Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged internal discussions about possible Department of Justice racketeering investigations into political…

BREAKING: Greenpeace co-founder reports Greenpeace to the FBI under RICO and wire-fraud statutes

‘Greenpeace has made itself the sworn enemy of all life on Earth’ By Dr. Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace Greenpeace, in furtherance of what is in effect its war…

Lawsuit filed in the #RICO20 case against GMU for 'denying' records exist

Via press release: CEI Files FOIA Lawsuit Against George Mason University for Denying Existence of Records Related to RICO-20 Letter George Mason University (GMU) faculty claimed “no records” existed in…

Document suggests that a Climate activist shadow organization was behind the #RICO20 allegations

This is in the news today via “Climate NEXUS”, which is a Madison Ave. PR firm: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that he is launching a legal probe…

Retracted claim: FOIA suggests #RICO20 leader Jagdish Shukla falsely claimed prestigious NASA medal.

UPDATE: (edited) My own research uncovers that the claim made by Steve Milloy is UNTRUE. See this NASA document: https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released Apparently Milloy’s FOIA request was not broad enough. I apologize…

Exxon hits back on ridiculous RICO allegations: 'When it comes to climate change, read the documents'

Guest essay by Ken Cohen Read the documents. Go ahead, you really should. Read the documents on the InsideClimate News site purportedly proving some conspiracy on ExxonMobil’s part to hide our…

Are Jagdish Shukla and the #RICO20 Guilty of Racketeering?

Guest opinion by Marlo Lewis, Jr, CEI Controversy continues to swirl around the September 1 letter from 20 climate scientists to President Barack Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and White House science adviser…

Quotes of the week: hate as a weapon in the climate wars, RICO madness, losers, and all that

Normally, we have just one “Quote of the Week” here at WUWT, but this week has been a particularly target rich environment. It seems that the announcement by the Associated…

'Supermandia' doesn't seem to like questions about Shukla, #RICO20, and The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

Long time WUWT readers may remember that a defender of “the cause”, Professor Scott Mandia, donned a Halloween costume and professed his love of defending Michael Mann and others who…

Jagdish Shukla's #RICO20 blunder may have opened the 'largest science scandal in US history'

Yesterday, Shukla and GMU got notice that they have piqued the interest of a congressional committee, and via a written notice are required to preserve documents for an impending Congressional…

Uh, oh. Jagdish Shukla and the #RICO20 has captured the attention of Congress, and FOIA documents are coming out

First, this press release today from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and chair Lamar Smith . Some material obtained from George Mason University today via FOIA shed…

#RICO20 $4 million NSF grant while Shukla's organization is being "dissolved" ?

As previously noted at WUWT, over at the COLA/IGES website, they had this response to the disappeared letter to the Obama administration calling for RICO act investigations of climate skeptics:…

Backfire on the #RICO20 and Jagadish Shukla is imminent; wagon circling, climbdown, dissolution begins

This story has legs now, as I predicted in this piece yesterday “The ‘RICO 20 letter’ to Obama asking for prosecution of climate skeptics disappears from Shukla’s IGES website amid…

The 'RICO 20 letter' to Obama asking for prosecution of climate skeptics disappears from Shukla's IGES website amid financial concerns

Uh, oh…It’s about to become more about the people behind the letter, than the letter itself. Now all we need is a steamy potboiler novel and some internal investigations and…

Climate activists want us prosecuted under RICO

Losing the climate science battle, climate activists want government to silence skeptics Guest essay by Paul Driessen They haven’t employed the thumb screws, rack or auto-da-fe that churches and states…

Climate Alarmists demand Obama use the RICO act to Silence Critics

Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova and James Delingpole – A group of climate scientists, including Professor Kevin Trenberth, have demanded President Obama abuse the RICO act, to silence…