He Finally Found Out Who's Naughty

Steyn On-Line ^ | December 18, 2023 | Mark Steyn

[Twotone]

As you may know, global warm-monger Michael E Mann's twelve-year defamation suit against me is going to trial at the District of Columbia Superior Court on January 16th - supposedly, that is: given the last-minute cancellation of the previously scheduled trial, I'm not taking anything for granted until jury selection has been underway for an hour or two. Mr Mann is the creator of the famous climate-change "hockey stick"; I have to make do with the SteynOnline Liberty Stick.

Mine is not, however, the only defamation suit in America's depraved capital city. A Georgia mother and her daughter cannily chose Washington as the venue in which to sue the formerly beloved "America's mayor". It has paid off handsomely:

Jury Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million to Election Workers He Defamed

I've had multiple requests to discuss my upcoming trial in light of the Giuliani verdict. Well, the two cases don't really have anything in common - except that the fine upstanding jurors who will decide my fate are drawn from the same pool that decided his. Gulp.

I doubt by this stage of his fortunes that Giuliani has a hundredth of the amount he owes the victorious plaintiffs. However, his lawyer did not help his cause with this line:

A jury decision awarding tens of millions of dollars in damages for defamation would be a "death penalty" for Rudy Giuliani, his lawyer said during opening statements in a trial that got underway Monday....

"If you award them what they are asking for, it will be the end of Mr Giuliani," Joseph Sibley, Giuliani's attorney said.

I would fire any lawyer of mine who said that - because it would, very obviously, be too big a temptation for a DC jury to resist.

[Nateman]

For a Trump voter DC is the last place on Earth where you will find a Jury of your peers. It is the ultimate mockery of justice which is why our corrupt Federal government wants to hold its trials there for its perceived enemies.

[sauropod]

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[Rummyfan]

Marking.