Mann v. Steyn Gets Under Way
Posted By: Judy W., 1/19/2024 8:50:14 AM
After 12 years of wandering in the wilderness of the D.C. court system, Michael Mann’s defamation case against Mark Steyn and Rand Simberg has finally gone to trial. Opening statements were delivered today. (Snip) The case, as you likely recall, arises out of an internet post written by Simberg, which Steyn quoted and added a few comments to. The two posts drew a parallel between Jerry Sandusky, the disgraced Penn State’s administration in what amounted to a cover-up. Steyn described Mann’s famous hockey stick temperature chart–accurately–as fraudulent. Mark fired his lawyer some time ago and elected to try his case pro se.
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Mark Steyn is one of the greatest figures alive today, though mostly an unsung hero. He has stood up for free speech and the truth not just in his writings but in the court cases he has had thrust upon him, which have eaten up his resources so that he has to act as his own lawyer in this case. I wish him all the luck in the world in his defense against Michael Mann in a D.C. court with D.C. denizens as jury.