A court in Washington, D.C. dismissed a bid by University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann, asking him to postpone his request for hundreds of thousands of dollars to a national review Thursday. [emphasis, links added]
The District of Columbia Superior Court ruled in January that Mann owe the state about $530,000 to cover the legal fees of the store After spending more than a decade locking in a libel lawsuit against the organization, Mann then asked to stop and postpone payments.
Thursday, The court denied Mann's request, meaning he might have to pay cash to the media he once described in an email, which was a “threat to our children.”
Mann initially sued National Review in 2012 when Canadian conservative Mark Steyn lashed out with Mark and his famous “Hockey Stick” climate model in an article on the National Review website.
National Review Editor Rich Lowry then wrote the follow-up post to support Steyn, Mann decided to sue the defamation channel with former part-time jobs from the competitive corporate college Steyn and Rand Simberg.
Mann's lawsuit against Steen and Himberg initially prevailed, but High Court judge determined in January Mann had to pay $531,000 in 30 daysAt that time, the editor of the National Review announced.
In submissions against the State's review of compensation requests, Mann believes the move is a “despicable and unreasonable request from a powerful organization” designed to intimidate and silence him.
It is worth noting that Judge Albert Irving wrote in March that Mann and his attorneys brought misleading information to the jury while the libel case is being tried.
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