Cuccinelli filed a brief in response on 11 June asserting that he had a right to demand climate change records , arguing that " neither academic freedom nor the First Amendment have ever been held to immunize a person , whether an academic or not , from civil or criminal actions for fraud , let alone immunized them from an otherwise authorized investigation . " The Union of Concerned Scientists noted that the brief based its arguments on emails from the Climatic Research Unit email controversy , but said it misrepresented emails and took them out of context . Shortly afterwards , Penn State university Investigatory Inquiry announced that it had unanimously " determined that there is no substance " to the allegations against Mann
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Climatic Research Unit email controversy
Attorney General of Virginia's climate science investigation