===State of Virginia Investigation===
In April 2010 Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli asked the University of Virginia to produce "a sweeping swath of documents relating to Mann’s receipt of nearly half a million dollars in state grant-funded climate research" conducted from 1999-2005, when Mann was employed by the university.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/30/virginia-attorney-general-global-warming-michael-mann/ "State of Virginia to Investigate Global Warming Scientist Mann",] ''FOX News'', April 30, 2010.</ref> Following this, Sean Sublette, a meteorolist employed for a Virginia ABC News affiliate, criticized Cuccinelli for the investigation.<ref>Bud Ward, [http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2010/05/michael-mann-witch-hunt/ "Lynchburg, Va. TV Meteorologist Blasts
State’s A.G. for Michael Mann ‘Witch Hunt’",] ''The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media'', May 18, 2010.</ref>