Hello and I'm Phoele Michaelier. This is a daily podcast from inside the DC

defamation trial of writer and broadcaster Mark Stein. Stein has been sued for defamation

by climate scientist Professor Michael Mann. Stein described Mann's famous hockey stick

graph as a fraud. Mann is also suing writer Ran Simburg who made similar

comments.

We're presenting the podcast in a very special way by having actors reenact court transcripts

verbatim so you get the most exciting exchanges in court every day.

So welcome to climate change on trial, day 11.

Man and Curry. So Mark Stein didn't ask many questions today. He did who ever submit a motion to the

court saying that man and his lawyers engaged in bad faith trial misconduct and he's asking for some pretty

drastic remedies so stay tuned until the end to hear Mark Stein's submission to the court

read by our famous Mark Stein actor.

So the judge came into the courtroom at 945.

I know I'm going to be looking at the time the whole time now because I'm obsessed with this punctuality issue. The jury eventually

arrived in at 9.50 just to remember we're supposed to start at 930. So late again.

They've been late almost every day and several of them have been late.

No, I'm going to correct you their film. They have been late every day.

So every day there's been not one day that they've been on time.

And the judge said today as part of a wider discussion actually he said I intend to have

this case presented to the jury and the jury making their decision next Wednesday.

And I intend to be moving people along and he kind of talked to the jury at the end saying

you have to be here now tomorrow at 915 because we want to get started at 930 but

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