Cuccinelli is the Virginia State Attorney General. Mann was an Assistant
Professor at the University of Virginia.
Mann received a state grant of
funds to investigate climate and later became a strong proponent of global
warming and the greenhouse gas theory. Cuccinelli suspected fraud in use of the
funds from the state grant. He subpoenaed the University of Virginia to obtain
access to Mann's e-mails and other documents relating to the research. The
University of Virginia refused, and the case went to the Virginia Supreme
Court.
The Virginia Supreme Court decided that Cuccinelli had no right to
access Mann's records, notwithstanding the fact that state funds were involved.
The Court held that while Virginia law allows the attorney general to
investigate individuals or businesses that receive state funds, state agencies,
including the University of Virginia, may not be similarly investigated.
It appears to me that if anyone wants to steal public funds in Virginia, he
would be well advised to first obtain a job with the state, wherein he would be
exempt from investigation.
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