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OK you may have seen this news about , which is good, but I believe this is the same judge that ruled on the side of Chevron against human rights lawyer , effectively letting Chevron off the hook for poisoning a massive portion of the Ecuadorian Amazon, for which it would have had to pay close to $10bn

apnews.com/article/sam-bankman

AP NewsJudge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail, says crypto mogul tampered with witnessesBy LARRY NEUMEISTER
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In 2009, an internal memo at #Chevron spoke of a “long-term” plan to “demonize” #Donziger. The same year, Chevron created #TheAmazonPost. Skimmed in a #Twitter Feed, the name is obviously designed to look like some sort of news outlet. But clicking through, you’ll see the subtitle: “Chevron’s Views on the #Ecuador #Lawsuit.”

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documentcloud.org/documents/66

www.documentcloud.orgDocumentCloud
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#Chevron responded by suing #Donziger in the U.S. for $60 billion — for scale, that’s roughly one Koch brother. #TheIntercept and others have noted that Chevron’s case against Steven hinged on a witness that Chevron had paid “hundreds of thousands” of dollars, and a judge with “a soft spot” for the #OilCompany. Though damages were dropped, Donziger was found guilty, disbarred, imprisoned, placed on house arrest, and remains unable to leave the country.

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theintercept.com/2020/01/29/ch

The Intercept · How the Environmental Lawyer Who Won a Massive Judgment Against Chevron Lost EverythingBy Sharon Lerner
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Per coverage at the time, #Donziger and his team argued that a company #Chevron purchased dumped “18 billion gallons of #ToxicWaste … leading to 1,000-plus #deaths from #cancer and to #EcologicalDamage beyond repair.” In a landmark 2013 victory, courts in #Ecuador ordered Chevron pay $9.5 billion in damages.

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csmonitor.com/Environment/Livi

The Christian Science MonitorChevron fights massive lawsuit in EcuadorBy Sara Miller Llana

Hot Gossip From A Global Warmer!

This is some seriously underrated tea on #Chevron, the oil company acting like Regina George (actually though).

By Eamon Levesque | Jul 31, 2023

From the article:

#Donziger ’s three-decade legal battle with #Chevron is a pain to summarize. Key to understand is that he represented 30,000 #Ecuadorian #indigenous residents of the #Amazon in a lawsuit against oil giant Chevron.

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bylinebyline.com/articles/hot-

BylineHot Gossip From A Global Warmer! This is some seriously underrated tea on Chevron, the oil company acting like Regina George (actually though).
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2/ Amy Howe:

#SCOTUS declines to hear case of human rights lawyer Steven #Donziger, who was challenging fed court’s appointment of 3 private attorneys as special prosecutors after US Atty’s Office declined to pursue criminal contempt charges against him.

Charges against Donziger arose from multibillion-$ lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador; Donziger was eventually convicted, sentenced to 6 mos in prison. Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from denial of review, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

#FreeAssangeNOW #DontExtraditeAssange
Freitag, 20. Januar 23 Übertragung Belmarsh-Tribunal

U.a. mit #StellaAssange & Kristinn #Hrafnsson von #WikiLeaks
Amy #Goodman, Srećko #Horvat, Daniel #Ellsberg, Noam #Chomsky, Jeremy #Corbyn, Stefania #Maurizi, Ben #Wizner, Renata #Ávila, Jeffrey #Sterling Lawyer, Steven #Donziger u.v.m.

The Belmarsh Tribunal D.C. — The Case of Julian Assange
youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zFEikhEM

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I don't know what's more horrifying, that the #Donziger story has been all but silenced or that his persecutors are completing their hostile takeover of the final branch of government with the unanimous support of a Trump nominee by all dems in the committee.

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@anubis2814
1/2… market manipulation (#spoofing), hegemonic and organised destruction of people and places via conflict, drugTrade (see CIA #CocaineImportingAgency), #conflictMining, coups, other pushFactors which create displacement and a pool of desperate refugees from which to draw from. Finally #lawfare/#suppression such as that seen against #Donziger, #Assange, and many others which keep costs and damages for abuses low, or non-existant.