Michael Mann is Not a Victim

Mann vs Steyn Trial Day Fourteen 

By Amy K. Mitchell February 7, 2024 

Michael Mann is not a victim.

That was the theme of Mark's closing today in court. The judge began the day by reading the jury instructions and the afternoon was devoted to closing arguments. First up was the Plaintiff's counsel. Then Victoria Weatherford on behalf of Rand Simberg. And then Mark. The Plaintiff then got 15 minutes to rebut the Defenses' closing before the jury began its deliberations...........Which brings us to that final 15 minutes. As we have repeatedly reported over the past four weeks, this case for the Plaintiff has always been about "ruining" anyone who or anything that does not agree with him (again, his word not ours) — i.e., those on the right side of the political spectrum. And in today's final closing, his counsel was not even overt about it.

While instructing the jury to find for the Plaintiff and set an example to others (i.e., a large monetary penalty), he stated, "These attacks on climate scientists have to stop." The Defense immediately objected, which then led the Plaintiff's counsel to close with their last card: Election denial is the same as climate denial............And on Mann's personal finances and legal fees incurred over the past 12 years (emphasis added):

Mann: Thus far, I don't believe that I have made payments, but I'm not sure. I don't think I have.

Question: So, you don't think you've paid any money in 12 years for your lawyers in this case, is that right?

Mann: As of yet, not to my knowledge.

Question: And you don't have a financial debt to any of these lawyers or their law firms for legal fees that you will have to pay, win or lose, after this trial?

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• The Jury Is Out - February 7, 2024 — John Hinderaker - It often happens that jury trials start slowly, then finish with a rush. That happened in the case of Michael Mann v. Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg. Evidence wrapped up rather quickly, and today the lawyers delivered their closing arguments. I assume that jury deliberations will begin tomorrow, as the arguments concluded late in the afternoon. John Williams, an elderly lawyer who is Mann’s senior counsel, argued first.............