"Judge refuses to toss climate scientist Mann’s defamation lawsuit"

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Judge refuses to toss climate scientist Mann’s defamation lawsuit

By Ben Geman at the Hill

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/319757-judge-again-refuses-to-toss-climate-scientist-manns-defamation-suit-against-national-review

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Judge Natalia M. Combs Greene of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia writes in Friday's ruling that, “The evidence before the court indicates the likelihood that ‘actual malice’ is present.”

The latest procedural ruling in the Pennsylvania State University scientist’s lawsuit is here. “The Court finds that there is sufficient evidence in the record to demonstrate that Plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits,” the ruling states.

Mann sued the National Review and the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a conservative advocacy group, in 2012 over their blog posts that alleged his research is fraudulent.

CEI’s post also compared Mann to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, calling Mann “the Jerry Sandusky of climate science” by alleging he “molested and tortured data.”

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