Man trying to help the indigenous groups in Ecuador gets railroaded by the corporate controlled judicial system of the US.
Maybe this isn't as sexy as the QAnon stuff, but it's real.
Sad story.
Steve Donziger is a complete crook and the case had no merit, and he is lying in your link.
I'm not familiar with the case, but virtually everything he says should be easy either to verify or disprove. Which specific statements are lies?
Familiarize yourself with the case, and then we can discuss it.
Five Irrefutable Truths About the Fraudulent Lawsuit Against Chevron In Ecuador | RealClearMarkets
A compelling argument by Stephen W. Green, who is, coincidentally, Vice President for Policy, Government and Public Affairs for Chevron Corporation.
I'm content to let the lawyers sort this one out.
According to Wikipedia, he's awaiting trial:
Appeals and prosecution of Donziger
As part of the appeal process after the initial ruling, Donziger was ordered by Kaplan to submit his cellphone and computer as evidence. Donziger refused, arguing that doing so would violate the attorney-client privilege of his other clients, and was charged with contempt of court by Kaplan. In a move described as "virtually unprecedented" by The Intercept, Kaplan appointed a private law firm to prosecute Donziger after the Southern District Court of New York declined to do so; Donziger is under house arrest awaiting trial. Jacobin notes the law firm apppointed by Kaplan, Seward & Kissel, is a private firm that has represented Chevron directly as recently as 2018. Chris Hedges writes that neither Kaplan nor Seward & Kissel disclosed that Chevron had been a client.
Donziger's contempt charge and house arrest have been harshly condemned by legal advocates. Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson criticized Chevron and Kaplan, asserting that the corruption and bribery was a "means to protect the oil company from having to answer for its degradation of the Amazon." In 2020, a group of twenty-nine Nobel laureates condemned "judicial harassment" by Chevron and urged the release of Donziger. Human rights campaigners have described the treatment of Donziger as an example of a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), which are used to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
The European Parliament, one of the three branches of the European Union, requested that the Congressional Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties investigate Chevron's treatment of Donziger as "not consistent with what has traditionally been the strong support in the United States for the rule of law generally and for protection for human rights defenders in particular."
According to Wikipedia, he's awaiting trial:
Appeals and prosecution of Donziger
As part of the appeal process after the initial ruling, Donziger was ordered by Kaplan to submit his cellphone and computer as evidence. Donziger refused, arguing that doing so would violate the attorney-client privilege of his other clients, and was charged with contempt of court by Kaplan. In a move described as "virtually unprecedented" by The Intercept, Kaplan appointed a private law firm to prosecute Donziger after the Southern District Court of New York declined to do so; Donziger is under house arrest awaiting trial. Jacobin notes the law firm apppointed by Kaplan, Seward & Kissel, is a private firm that has represented Chevron directly as recently as 2018. Chris Hedges writes that neither Kaplan nor Seward & Kissel disclosed that Chevron had been a client.
Donziger's contempt charge and house arrest have been harshly condemned by legal advocates. Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson criticized Chevron and Kaplan, asserting that the corruption and bribery was a "means to protect the oil company from having to answer for its degradation of the Amazon." In 2020, a group of twenty-nine Nobel laureates condemned "judicial harassment" by Chevron and urged the release of Donziger. Human rights campaigners have described the treatment of Donziger as an example of a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP), which are used to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.
The European Parliament, one of the three branches of the European Union, requested that the Congressional Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties investigate Chevron's treatment of Donziger as "not consistent with what has traditionally been the strong support in the United States for the rule of law generally and for protection for human rights defenders in particular."
He is disbarred. Who is the Intercept? Is that like The Onion and Babylon Bee?
Familiarize yourself with the case, and then we can discuss it.
Five Irrefutable Truths About the Fraudulent Lawsuit Against Chevron In Ecuador | RealClearMarkets
A compelling argument by Stephen W. Green, who is, coincidentally, Vice President for Policy, Government and Public Affairs for Chevron Corporation.
I'm content to let the lawyers sort this one out.
Gotta protect those corporations.
Well if they did nothing wrong well then yes you do need to protrct them. THAT IS THE LAW.
Now if you have proof of Chevron wrongdoing, please post it here.
Oh, no proof will be good enough for you. You'll just link to a Chevron press release stating otherwise.
Conservatives sure do love authority.
Documentary on the misdeeds of Chevron.
How did a lawyer who took on big oil and won end up under house arrest?
How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgment Against Chevron Lost Everything
Articles on how Chevron has used their money and influence to fuck over Donziger.
Good, Donziger was a crook. Can you point to the time when CHEVRON polluted the Ecuador Amazon? Look hard, and get back to me.
Mother Jones is a piece of shit in terms of unbiased reporting, a worthless POS. Itrust the NY Bar, which pulled his credentials.