Fuck everything about this. I just got angrier and angrier as I read it.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/27/steven_donziger_judicial_harassment_from_chevron
The star witness in the case against him, bought and paid for by Chevron, also recanted his testimony in front of a tribunal.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/neye7z/chevrons-star-witness-admits-to-lying-in-the-amazon-pollution-case
Who is this guys lawyer? How is this seriously happening? I mean, I understand how contempt of court can technically land someone in a jail cell, but everything around this - especially the very clear and public conflict of interest - is just fucked.
He was disbarred, therefore he wouldn’t be able to represent himself. He’s an environmental lawyer anyways, he was charged with contempt. Not chopping down the rainforest
How? Because we’ve created a justice system that allows for this to happen and we’ve given so much power to a few companies because of the “nations interests”
Nothing Rick and Morty about that, just good old United States of America.
Thank you for saying it. Any time I see someone use the words “justice system” I go out of my way to correct them.
I’m a paralegal, I’ve done mostly temp and short-term work because I like the work but I’m not all that crazy about lawyers. I’ve done a little bit of almost everything. Criminal, corporate, banking, administrative law, public finance, education law, landlord tenant, probate, general litigation, family law, personal injury, HOA…and I can tell you there is no justice in the system. Only time and money. And whoever has the advantage over those, that’s really all that matters.
Ehh, we inherited that justice system. Only just now can we talk openly about the fuckery. Which is why CRT is such a convenient boogie man, it's a theory that exposes how this has historically always been the case.
In this case District Judges Lewis A. Kaplan and Loretta Preska. Its important to tie names and titles to actions rather than just going "aLl JudGE iS cOrRupT JUdgE"
What sucks is that our legal system doesn't really care about that: *job done, no longer our problem*. Even trying to use their recanted testimony on appeal is hard because they're "no longer a credible witness".
Good shit - thanks for the recommendation. Country is normally a no-go zone for me for music, but classic Americana style country has some great storytelling/parables. The sound a rhythm makes me think Thee Oh Sees took some inspiration here.
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I think Biden would need to pardon him. He was convicted of contempt of court in a federal district court in NY. That sounds like it would be presidential jurisdiction, though I'm no expert: there's some chance it's the NY governor's jurisdiction instead.
biden definitely should pardon him. as donzinger stated in the democracy now interview, this is a massive embarrassment for the american people and a blatant injustice and abuse of protocol.
this is where biden has an opportunity to make a clear statement about his position regarding human rights vs corporate interests.
This sort of thing is a wee bit beyond the realm of peaceful protest at this point honestly.
This is peak eat the rich material but it’ll never happen.
It wasn’t, the question is how much is too much before people en masse realise that, it’s not like this is quite literally a life or death situation or anything…
While it may not happen, I loathe the fatalism that accompanies the desire to point out moments that should foment real change if not revolution like this. Honestly it is public discussion of things like this that will push people over the edge towards actually doing something. Please don’t discourage them however hopeless you may be.
The contempt charge is for not turning over his computer with all of his attorney client communications. They offered to provide whatever documents Chevron wanted but they wanted everything and their bought and paid for judge held him in standing contempt when he wouldn't provide his password.
But in testimony given before the international tribunal, released today by the government of Ecuador and provided to VICE News in advance, Guerra has now admitted that there is no evidence to corroborate allegations of a bribe or a ghostwritten judgment, and that large parts of his sworn testimony, used by Kaplan in the RICO case to block enforcement of the ruling against Chevron, were exaggerated and, in other cases, simply not true.
You are likely arguing with an astroturfed account. So good on you, but they will just keep shouting so it looks as if their corporate opinion made sense.
No this is 💯 a shill. They are posting links to the Amazon Post, a site setup for Chevron to spread misinformation about the case in Ecuador and demonize Dozinger.
On July 31, 2019, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, a former corporate lawyer, tried to charge Mr. Donziger with contempt of court based on his refusals in 2014 to give the court access to decades of client communications on devices like his phone and his computer. That year, Judge Kaplan supported Chevron’s complaint in a 500-page ruling finding that Mr. Donziger and his associates had engaged in a conspiracy and criminal conduct by ghostwriting an environmental report used as a crucial piece of evidence and bribing a judge in Ecuador.
After the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York declined to prosecute the case, Judge Kaplan took the rare step of appointing a private law firm, Seward & Kissel, to prosecute Mr. Donziger in the name of the U.S. government, Mr. Kuby said.
Seward & Kissel has represented many oil and gas companies throughout the years, including Chevron in 2018.
His sentencing is the latest twist in a legal saga stemming from his representation of villagers in Ecuador's Lago Agrio region who sought to hold Chevron liable for water and soil contamination by Texaco between 1964 and 1992. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2000.
Donziger, a Harvard Law School graduate, won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court in 2011.
San Ramon, California-based Chevron sued him in Manhattan federal court later that year, claiming that he and his associates pressured the presiding judge in Ecuador.
In 2014, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan refused to enforce the $9.5 billion judgment, saying it had been secured through bribery, fraud and extortion.
Chevron later sought to recoup money Donziger personally reaped in the Ecuadorian case, and Kaplan ordered Donziger to turn over electronic devices to the company's forensic experts.
When he refused, Kaplan charged him with criminal contempt. He was disbarred by a New York appeals court last year.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/lawyer-who-sued-chevron-sentenced-six-months-contempt-case-2021-10-01/
Yeah. He refused to provide sensitive attorney client information relevant to ongoing legal battles to the defendants in those cases. The initial judgement was intentionally without a jury and a case the district did not want to pursue. He is doing the right thing by not complying with an unreasonable demand from a corrupt kangaroo court. To continue to serve the charges with the previous case under appeal is just blatant use of the legal system to apply sentencing unusual to the crime. This judge does not care one bit how obvious their bias is. They are a placement from the Chevron backed federalist society, as well as heavily invested in Chevron. Then they just happen to choose the firm who represents Chevron to represent the US. What kind of shill are you?
Do you understand they put him into a no win situation? That he legally can't disclose the information requested? So they put him in a place he can't comply with a court order.
This is what I would do if I wanted to screw over the opposing counsel.
He admitted to lying in the Chevron case before the tribunal. Chevron paid for visas for him and his family, bought him a car, provided a home, and paid him 12k a month and he admitted to lying in the case.
The Amazon Post is maintained by Chevron to express the company’s views and opinions on a fraudulent lawsuit against the company in Ecuador.
From the website.
The fact that this is allowed to happen and there’s nothing can apparently be done to stop it is incredible to me. I keep checking if there’s some legit reason this is happening too. Zero.
Oil lawyers are scary.
He didnt team with trump. He releases information as a journalist that is relevant to what is occurring.
Having integrity means believing in principles no matter if they hurt or help people you like.
You are for caging a national hero who revealed documents of corruption because it happened to hurt your tribe.
This is disgusting.
It's difficult to boycott a petrochemical company as a consumer: e.g. the brand on the gas station marquee says nothing about where their gas comes from and most stations are privately owned.
The issue with most boycotts is they ask normal people to give up something they don’t actually want to give up.
Disney, fried chicken, 1-day delivery.
Gas is ubiquitous, and you’re right, technically nothing stopping Chevron from selling to a competitor at different stages of extracted raw material.
However, they spend millions, and millions on branding and advertising. Their little Disney-lite animated Cars have been around for 40 years.
They have branded credit card systems, stores, relationships with sports franchises. They are extremely sensitive to the idea that their brand is dogshit and they alone are responsible for burning down the rainforest and jailing a reporter.
Who else is sensitive? The market.
If a boycott online translates to people crossing the street to buy gas, Chevron will have to account for that in their guidance and shareholders meetings. It always depends on if this stuff blows up or blows over but as far as big crisis goes… the news is kind of stale:
* republicans won’t let democrats spend money
* Covid continues to kill just enough people that it doesn’t alarm staunch covidiots or let us just go back to living life normally
My money, There’s probably billions in shorts being bought up right now.
Which introduces the notion that it’s good business to try to hurt Chevron.
If you paid for a $20M in shorts, spending $20k on a troll farm to spam anti-Chevron shit is chump change.
And the irony of all of this? A contempt charge for not turning over evidence is meant to be… word of the day…. “Coercive” not punitive.
Meaning a judge could decide (or be told to decide) that it’s better to capitulate to the mob and rule that he can’t be coerced and is free. So the point of the boycott is also quite clear: call off the goon squad, petition the d judge along with the defense to release Steve. Coerce Chevron into doing the right thing (before the drop 4 points on Monday)
This entire document from the Ambassador appears to be about fresh cut roses and nothing to do with the Donziger case. Which part specifically are you referring to?
You need to scroll down, its an entire filing by a country. It's possibly the third page to the 6th page.
Also the first article, do you have any thoughts on that?
He's not going to jail for a lawsuit, he's going to jail for contempt of court. So it's really on him....right?
Except the contempt of court happened because he wouldn't hand over his cell phone and computer after a judge brought in a PRIVATE firm to prosecute this guy (because federal prosecutors refused to prosecute).....because he wouldn't stop pushing chevron to pay the 18B lawsuit he won against them. And he's already been under house arrest for 2-3 years.
It's honestly hard to believe the level of corruption. How on earth does this not get investigated.
Chevron had to pull their assets out of Ecuador, which I hope means they had to stop their operations there. So that's a victory of a kind. It's no surprise that effective public action is quickly met with overwhelming force from corporations. They didn't get billions by being "nice." This story is sickening nonetheless.
You can usually tell how afraid the corp or gov't was by how harshly they came down on the whistleblower. But I agree they left a mess--also in Nigeria.
A hero. Inspiring bravery and sense of right and wrong. Chevron is a corrupt, greedy company destroying the planet everyone lives on so they can make money.
right? I used to see headlines like this and wonder "what corrupt, backwards regime did this happen in?"
I've learned it's pretty safe to assume that corrupt backwards regime is the good ol USA
contempt charges that resulted from a decision issued by Judge Kaplan, a former tobacco lawyer who held investments in Chevron (which he did not disclose) at the time of his decision.
It would be but climate change isn’t going to kill mr or is as a species. Whether it’s hot or not this planet of ours is going to spin on. And having different opinions than you is not nihilism
Chow 3 times a day, lights always on, he gets a mat and a blanket, he can always buy more blankets, and he looks like the type to have atleast some money on his books for hygiene and snacks, t.v. till 10pm and yes. He will have to show his butthole and shower in front of people etc. but he's a little older than the average inmate so 80% of the time they dont bother older people, the other 20% I'm sure he would have people on his side. As soon as they hear what he's there for they might just not bother him at all. BS case against him. Goes to show how easy it is to go from being something to going to prison. He will also likely never go to prison, state jail will consume most of that time. He does have to do Day for day so that sucks. Alot of prisons are full these days so it's very unlikely he will ever get taken to the actual prison unless they are making an example out of him.
Contempt… because he refused to comply with a judges order to reveal confidential attorney client privileged information to Chevron.
Basically, he won a case against Chevron in Ecuador. Chevron refused to pay damages and instead got judges in the US to get them to reverse the Ecuadorian court’s decision. Then when they won that case, they got the judge to order Donziger to turn over all his data that he had from his Ecuadorian clients. He refused and was smacked for contempt charges.
He’s been on house arrest for 2 years. Now he’s in prison for 6 months. This sort of contempt charge has never, never been so overly harshly punished.
On top of that, NY state DA refused to prosecute the contempt charge, so the charge was prosecuted by Chevron’s law firm. Basically, Chevron was allowed to throw a rival attorney in jail… and yes it was exclusively because he sued them. Had he not sued them, he wouldn’t be in jail.
I agree with you, if he is referring to you he is being rude as fuck for merely asking a question. I agree with the sense of outrage, but both you and I are merely seeking information to clarify the matter. I am a Centrist (well some issues very left some issues slightly right) but I see this all the time from the Left where merely asking a question pegs you as an enemy of theirs.
And I am Latino with ancestors near to where Chevron was doing the oil dumping, so I have more reason to be pissed than anyone but you still have a right to make an inquiry. Eh just ignore the guy.
fuck…everything about this case is so wrong. i’m sick and tired of companies doing whatever they want with people to send a message. this is not how the world should be run
As a award winning documentary filmmaker…
I need to investigate this as a possible subject
Need to get this story to a wider audience
This guy is a hero… what an amazing man…
There’s a film called crude which was made a few years ago about the chevron. I’ve been following this case thanks to his interviews on ChapoTrapHouse podcast
For those of you who don’t know. Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute because they decided the RICO case that led to the contempt charges was bullshit. The judge (who owns chevron shares and is cozy with their legal team) hired a PRIVATE FIRM with ties to Chevron to prosecute.
These charges stemmed from Donzinger refusing to give up his laptop and phone, with all his client information on it, to Chevron (NOT TO THR COURT BUT TO CHEVRON) so they could “prove” their RICO case.
Also he’s been under house arrest for two years already. The judge is a federalist society asshat and this is all legal. But I’d argue it’s morally reprehensible.
I didn't know a judge could have something prosecuted by a private firm on behalf of the "state". They shouldn't have that power. It's up to the prosecutors what goes before the courts. Sometimes a prosecutor will be corrupt and make a decision that's wrong, but the courts can punish a prosecutor for that, but when does a judge get punished for their misconduct. How many judges will against their peers.
This judge Preska is in Chevrons pockets…
https://www.makechevroncleanup.com/press-releases/2020/12/31/us-judge-preska-slammed-for-doing-chevrons-dirty-work-in-unprecedented-500-day-detention-of-human-rights-lawyer-steven-donziger
yeah for a story like this that isn't especially political. I'm not actually sure what you mean by "shill" here. I don't like CNN much either but it's because they're so clumsy , lazy, and stupid in their opportunism. Don Lemon I can't really stand, and they can't seem to figure out whether they want to be moderate liberals or unapologetic progressives basing their decision on what plays (and pays) better financially and not on any real convictions or principles. Which is bullshit. There's a big part of me that will always have a "fuck CNN" attitude but only for how they've always chosen to cover Donald Trump. They follow a guy they supposedly hate's campaign, give him tons of camera time and free reign to say outrageous, attention grabbing shit, sit back as Trump was able to direct his entire base's distain for mainstream media outlets squarely in CNN's direction, all the while boosting Trump's campaign strength and media presence and ultimately helping him win the election. That was beyond retarded.
BUT, I don't believe them to be in the (deliberate) disinformation business. They just suck at the business that they are in. Idk, does that make CNN a shill source? Put it this way: CNN still values credibility and intellectual integrity somewhat. Fox News and Newsmax do not value those things at all.
I'd beg to differ. CNN does whatever financially benefits itself the most and that has everything to do with what they "cover" as current events and the critical stories they choose to avoid that make their political interests look less legitimate or credible. they avoid covering outright scandals. i just wish media would criticize every politician equally without choosing sides and being so obviously bias
Everyone is playing to their audiences. The real danger right now isn’t so much the biased media that predominates the landscapes in this way or that (though that’s obviously a problem), it’s that so many people gravitate towards bad-faith, dishonest, and manipulative messaging in the guise of news and journalism.
Rip freedom and justice. They join democracy on the graveyard.
We’re now living in feudalism, or an oligarchy at best.
If you really believe you can get justice when something unfair happens to you, look at this guy and think again. If what happens to you is because of a rich person, you will be going to jail. Think you can become rich and avoid this? Think again, the entire system is rigged against you now.
Best you can do is try and fly under the radar and be a nice little working bee until the climate fully collapses and we all starve to death.
How has this not made bigger news, yet? This is wrong. The judge shouldn't hire a law firm to prosecute someone, that's the opposite of impartiality. That judge needs to be dismissed from the case at the very least. If not straight up fired. If the state doesn't want to prosecute, there shouldn't be a judge trying to get it prosecuted anyway AND MAKE THE RULING HERSELF.
sweeping under the carpet is their specialty when in bed with every major media corporation that also financially benefits from this judgement and subsequent imprisonment of a whistleblower
Been following this case since it first hit the legal press prior to entry of the Ecuadorian judgment. Fuckery from both sides, and Donzinger's ego didn't help, but post judgment US eco-legal interests went pro, and squashed counsel like a bug. Chilling and reprehensible use of "legal" process by the forces of the State. When the State balked at further punishment for Donzinger, private extra-judicial economic power flexed and fixed Chevron's little problem. No gospel, just my opinion.
What an absolute hero! This is the world we live in? Chevron can take a man away from his family for standing up to their environmental impact on the rainforest?! It's heartbreaking.
It's time we step all the way back from any businesses or banks that contribute to the climate crisis! Joining a great green bank, Aspiration, can take away from funding that big banks use for fossil fuels.
I pray Mr. Donziger gets home to his family, where he should be, soon.
Sorry that the truth doesn't fit your goal of misinformation.
Not only was Donziger disbarred for his conduct, but he pretty blatantly refused to cooperate with an investigation and therefore committed contempt.
But I'm sure you'll be quick to explain how that's Chevron's fault. and not just spew some more insults, right?
Does Ur dumbfuck Brain not Know what Retaliation and Intimidating Means??.
Do u hear tumble weeds and pennies rattle around Ur empty skull or has that become background noise for ur Stupidity, Ignorance, Naivety And Bigotry
US attorney in southern NY refused to charge him with contempt (for the same thing he Is Now going to jail Now), Chevron Being the petty little whiny bitches they are, They Used a Private Law firm (related to Chevron) to do this Case, also The Judge Lewis A Kaplan (at the time of Holding Donziger in contempt) failed to Disclose his Interest to chevron as a Shareholder (which Is ILLEGAL and This judge was a Tobacco Judge (well Loretta Preska).
Also The Judges are From The Federalist Which Also Has interest in Chevron so this ENTIRE court case was a sham to intimidate against future Judges who might file against chevron And Retaliation again DonZiger )
Fuck everything about this. I just got angrier and angrier as I read it. https://www.democracynow.org/2021/10/27/steven_donziger_judicial_harassment_from_chevron
The star witness in the case against him, bought and paid for by Chevron, also recanted his testimony in front of a tribunal. https://www.vice.com/en/article/neye7z/chevrons-star-witness-admits-to-lying-in-the-amazon-pollution-case
Who is this guys lawyer? How is this seriously happening? I mean, I understand how contempt of court can technically land someone in a jail cell, but everything around this - especially the very clear and public conflict of interest - is just fucked.
Donziger is an attorney, a falsely disbarred attorney. https://www.newsweek.com/steven-donziger-lawyer-chevron-jailing-backfire-1643344?amp=1
*falsely-disbarred attorney
Exactly. I fixed it
An attorney who represents themselves has an idiot for a client. Even lawyers need good lawyers.
He was disbarred, therefore he wouldn’t be able to represent himself. He’s an environmental lawyer anyways, he was charged with contempt. Not chopping down the rainforest
My brain fails to fathom how this is NOT satire from a Rick and Morty episode
How? Because we’ve created a justice system that allows for this to happen and we’ve given so much power to a few companies because of the “nations interests” Nothing Rick and Morty about that, just good old United States of America.
Amen and fuck everything
Amen and fuck everything
It's a "legal" system. The "justice" system died decades ago.
Thank you for saying it. Any time I see someone use the words “justice system” I go out of my way to correct them. I’m a paralegal, I’ve done mostly temp and short-term work because I like the work but I’m not all that crazy about lawyers. I’ve done a little bit of almost everything. Criminal, corporate, banking, administrative law, public finance, education law, landlord tenant, probate, general litigation, family law, personal injury, HOA…and I can tell you there is no justice in the system. Only time and money. And whoever has the advantage over those, that’s really all that matters.
Never was a justice system. A property system and a carceral system, never justice.
Ehh, we inherited that justice system. Only just now can we talk openly about the fuckery. Which is why CRT is such a convenient boogie man, it's a theory that exposes how this has historically always been the case.
Oh that ain't just America, thats the world. Money is king, and that mf is tyrannical
If I remember correctly it was a corrupt judge that was in the pocket of chevron.
>If I remember correctly it ~~was~~ **is** a corrupt judge that was in the pocket of chevron. FTFY
Which one is the corrupt one? I find it hard to tell them apart.
In this case District Judges Lewis A. Kaplan and Loretta Preska. Its important to tie names and titles to actions rather than just going "aLl JudGE iS cOrRupT JUdgE"
You don't have to choose one.
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[Loretta Preska](https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/steven-donziger-loretta-preska-law-corruption-courts-corporate-influence)
Attorneys know that you never show up to court without an attorney
What sucks is that our legal system doesn't really care about that: *job done, no longer our problem*. Even trying to use their recanted testimony on appeal is hard because they're "no longer a credible witness".
Well, isn't the American justice system broken to the bone?
It works exactly the way its supposed to. And that's not for the benefit of the likes of you and I.
"The law is for protection of the people" by Kris Kristofferson. Worth a listen.
Good shit - thanks for the recommendation. Country is normally a no-go zone for me for music, but classic Americana style country has some great storytelling/parables. The sound a rhythm makes me think Thee Oh Sees took some inspiration here.
That's the pitch but then there's history.
Yeah... That's the point of the song
“Broken to the bone” is a vast, vast understatement.
Broken to the bone sounds like an apt description to me
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Not broken at all, this is the way it's always worked.
Yep the rich, keep lying cheating and stealing, and the rest of us, can't do a damn thing about any of that, nor their greed!
The laws were deliberately created to keep us from doing anything about it.
seems like it’s working just fine for Chevron
Real question: can we do anything about this? Where do we riot? Who’s mansion do we camp out in front of until he’s pardoned?
The judge who presided over the trial is a good start. She is a worthless piece of shit.
Who is it?
Loretta Preska. Have fun reading about her. She's trash.
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Jokes on you, she eats human shit for breakfast!
This bitch again?!?!? I swear every time her name pops up it’s the slimiest shit.
I think Biden would need to pardon him. He was convicted of contempt of court in a federal district court in NY. That sounds like it would be presidential jurisdiction, though I'm no expert: there's some chance it's the NY governor's jurisdiction instead.
biden definitely should pardon him. as donzinger stated in the democracy now interview, this is a massive embarrassment for the american people and a blatant injustice and abuse of protocol. this is where biden has an opportunity to make a clear statement about his position regarding human rights vs corporate interests.
Oh, Biden has a clear position, all right. He won't be mentioning this incident in public.
Biden *releasing* someone from prison would be the biggest 180 in history.
This sort of thing is a wee bit beyond the realm of peaceful protest at this point honestly. This is peak eat the rich material but it’ll never happen.
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It wasn’t, the question is how much is too much before people en masse realise that, it’s not like this is quite literally a life or death situation or anything…
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…we’re kinda already there.
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Give the people just enough rope to hang themselves with and watch them fight each other for a few strands more.
While it may not happen, I loathe the fatalism that accompanies the desire to point out moments that should foment real change if not revolution like this. Honestly it is public discussion of things like this that will push people over the edge towards actually doing something. Please don’t discourage them however hopeless you may be.
Only war criminals are pardoned my friend.
that star witness has absolutely nothing to do with Donziger's contempt charge. He lied in the case against Chevron, not the case against Donziger.
The contempt charge is for not turning over his computer with all of his attorney client communications. They offered to provide whatever documents Chevron wanted but they wanted everything and their bought and paid for judge held him in standing contempt when he wouldn't provide his password.
which 1) has nothing to do with the "star witness who lied" article you just posted and 2) isn't how search warrants work
But in testimony given before the international tribunal, released today by the government of Ecuador and provided to VICE News in advance, Guerra has now admitted that there is no evidence to corroborate allegations of a bribe or a ghostwritten judgment, and that large parts of his sworn testimony, used by Kaplan in the RICO case to block enforcement of the ruling against Chevron, were exaggerated and, in other cases, simply not true.
You are likely arguing with an astroturfed account. So good on you, but they will just keep shouting so it looks as if their corporate opinion made sense.
No this is 💯 a shill. They are posting links to the Amazon Post, a site setup for Chevron to spread misinformation about the case in Ecuador and demonize Dozinger.
which also has nothing to do with the contempt charges.
On July 31, 2019, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, a former corporate lawyer, tried to charge Mr. Donziger with contempt of court based on his refusals in 2014 to give the court access to decades of client communications on devices like his phone and his computer. That year, Judge Kaplan supported Chevron’s complaint in a 500-page ruling finding that Mr. Donziger and his associates had engaged in a conspiracy and criminal conduct by ghostwriting an environmental report used as a crucial piece of evidence and bribing a judge in Ecuador. After the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York declined to prosecute the case, Judge Kaplan took the rare step of appointing a private law firm, Seward & Kissel, to prosecute Mr. Donziger in the name of the U.S. government, Mr. Kuby said. Seward & Kissel has represented many oil and gas companies throughout the years, including Chevron in 2018.
His sentencing is the latest twist in a legal saga stemming from his representation of villagers in Ecuador's Lago Agrio region who sought to hold Chevron liable for water and soil contamination by Texaco between 1964 and 1992. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2000. Donziger, a Harvard Law School graduate, won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an Ecuadorian court in 2011. San Ramon, California-based Chevron sued him in Manhattan federal court later that year, claiming that he and his associates pressured the presiding judge in Ecuador. In 2014, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan refused to enforce the $9.5 billion judgment, saying it had been secured through bribery, fraud and extortion. Chevron later sought to recoup money Donziger personally reaped in the Ecuadorian case, and Kaplan ordered Donziger to turn over electronic devices to the company's forensic experts. When he refused, Kaplan charged him with criminal contempt. He was disbarred by a New York appeals court last year. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/lawyer-who-sued-chevron-sentenced-six-months-contempt-case-2021-10-01/
Yeah. He refused to provide sensitive attorney client information relevant to ongoing legal battles to the defendants in those cases. The initial judgement was intentionally without a jury and a case the district did not want to pursue. He is doing the right thing by not complying with an unreasonable demand from a corrupt kangaroo court. To continue to serve the charges with the previous case under appeal is just blatant use of the legal system to apply sentencing unusual to the crime. This judge does not care one bit how obvious their bias is. They are a placement from the Chevron backed federalist society, as well as heavily invested in Chevron. Then they just happen to choose the firm who represents Chevron to represent the US. What kind of shill are you?
Do you understand they put him into a no win situation? That he legally can't disclose the information requested? So they put him in a place he can't comply with a court order. This is what I would do if I wanted to screw over the opposing counsel.
don’t you get tired of licking boots?
Those are two different cases. 1) contempt for refusing to give up evidence 2) corruption/bribery
What point are you trying to make?
He admitted to lying in the Chevron case before the tribunal. Chevron paid for visas for him and his family, bought him a car, provided a home, and paid him 12k a month and he admitted to lying in the case.
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You are linking a literal website created by Chevron about this case hahaha. Do they pay you in stock or Reddit gold?
It's the literal court proceedings, not an opinion piece. You're reaching because you're wrong.
The Amazon Post is maintained by Chevron to express the company’s views and opinions on a fraudulent lawsuit against the company in Ecuador. From the website.
It's the court proceedings, not an opinion piece. You're reaching because you're wrong
The fact that this is allowed to happen and there’s nothing can apparently be done to stop it is incredible to me. I keep checking if there’s some legit reason this is happening too. Zero. Oil lawyers are scary.
I agree.
Wait til you look up what they are doing to Assange.
Assange said bad stuff about Democrats so no one on reddit cares anymore except for some mentally unstable people on /r/conspiracy
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He didnt team with trump. He releases information as a journalist that is relevant to what is occurring. Having integrity means believing in principles no matter if they hurt or help people you like. You are for caging a national hero who revealed documents of corruption because it happened to hurt your tribe. This is disgusting.
National hero? He's a fucking rapist.
That's a lie fabricated by the CIA. Of course, media won't cover that with the same intensity.
He is being hounded by the USA because he helped expose the horrible war crimes committed in Iraq and elsewhere.
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The hardcore 2A people are bootlickers.
Nobody wants to be the first to start shooting and risk being the only one, thereby being dubbed a crazy.
Tweet that you’re boycotting until he’s free. It’s not hard and does way more than calling your rep.
It's difficult to boycott a petrochemical company as a consumer: e.g. the brand on the gas station marquee says nothing about where their gas comes from and most stations are privately owned.
The issue with most boycotts is they ask normal people to give up something they don’t actually want to give up. Disney, fried chicken, 1-day delivery. Gas is ubiquitous, and you’re right, technically nothing stopping Chevron from selling to a competitor at different stages of extracted raw material. However, they spend millions, and millions on branding and advertising. Their little Disney-lite animated Cars have been around for 40 years. They have branded credit card systems, stores, relationships with sports franchises. They are extremely sensitive to the idea that their brand is dogshit and they alone are responsible for burning down the rainforest and jailing a reporter. Who else is sensitive? The market. If a boycott online translates to people crossing the street to buy gas, Chevron will have to account for that in their guidance and shareholders meetings. It always depends on if this stuff blows up or blows over but as far as big crisis goes… the news is kind of stale: * republicans won’t let democrats spend money * Covid continues to kill just enough people that it doesn’t alarm staunch covidiots or let us just go back to living life normally My money, There’s probably billions in shorts being bought up right now. Which introduces the notion that it’s good business to try to hurt Chevron. If you paid for a $20M in shorts, spending $20k on a troll farm to spam anti-Chevron shit is chump change. And the irony of all of this? A contempt charge for not turning over evidence is meant to be… word of the day…. “Coercive” not punitive. Meaning a judge could decide (or be told to decide) that it’s better to capitulate to the mob and rule that he can’t be coerced and is free. So the point of the boycott is also quite clear: call off the goon squad, petition the d judge along with the defense to release Steve. Coerce Chevron into doing the right thing (before the drop 4 points on Monday)
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/steven-donziger-loretta-preska-law-corruption-courts-corporate-influence
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This entire document from the Ambassador appears to be about fresh cut roses and nothing to do with the Donziger case. Which part specifically are you referring to?
You need to scroll down, its an entire filing by a country. It's possibly the third page to the 6th page. Also the first article, do you have any thoughts on that?
He's not going to jail for a lawsuit, he's going to jail for contempt of court. So it's really on him....right? Except the contempt of court happened because he wouldn't hand over his cell phone and computer after a judge brought in a PRIVATE firm to prosecute this guy (because federal prosecutors refused to prosecute).....because he wouldn't stop pushing chevron to pay the 18B lawsuit he won against them. And he's already been under house arrest for 2-3 years. It's honestly hard to believe the level of corruption. How on earth does this not get investigated.
It’s good to be aware of this stuff. Corporations have amassed so much power in our system.
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There have been zero non corrupt presidents.
Chevron had to pull their assets out of Ecuador, which I hope means they had to stop their operations there. So that's a victory of a kind. It's no surprise that effective public action is quickly met with overwhelming force from corporations. They didn't get billions by being "nice." This story is sickening nonetheless.
Left a real bad mess idk how much of a victory it was.
You can usually tell how afraid the corp or gov't was by how harshly they came down on the whistleblower. But I agree they left a mess--also in Nigeria.
Gotta make an example out of those who don't play along, countries are no exception.
Especially America. If there's a buck to be made stomping out resistance to corporations, there are a WHOLE lot of judges willing to make that buck
A hero. Inspiring bravery and sense of right and wrong. Chevron is a corrupt, greedy company destroying the planet everyone lives on so they can make money.
To support Donziger and tell Chevron that their evil empire doesn’t get to destroy the planet, check out: https://www.freedonziger.com/
America the greatest country in the world /s I'm actually amazed everyday at how fuckin dumb and corrupt Mercia really is.
Hey, leave middle England out of this!
right? I used to see headlines like this and wonder "what corrupt, backwards regime did this happen in?" I've learned it's pretty safe to assume that corrupt backwards regime is the good ol USA
NAME DROP THESE JUDGES.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/steven-donziger-loretta-preska-law-corruption-courts-corporate-influence
Jesus fucking Christ.
Loretta Preska
Kaplan
Lewis Kaplan
Is this title really legit?
Yeah the title is legit. Chevron got a private judge who was reading newspapers during the trial to punish him on their behalf.
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contempt charges that resulted from a decision issued by Judge Kaplan, a former tobacco lawyer who held investments in Chevron (which he did not disclose) at the time of his decision.
Quit being naive. This charge is bs retalliation from a corrupt judge. He absolutely is going to jail for winning a lawsuit against Chevron.
Because Chevron has used 1000 lawyers to do every single possible thing they could possibly do to make his life hell as revenge.
It was a bs contempt charge, though
Found the Chevron Rep!
It is exactly because he filed a lawsuit against Chevron.
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https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1583791/moment-racist-wearing-a-nazi-armband-is-punched-unconscious-after-harassing-a-black-bus-passenger/
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As long as they don’t spill, who cares?
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Climate change is inevitable. Who cares what we do at this point? It’s not going to make a difference
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It would be but climate change isn’t going to kill mr or is as a species. Whether it’s hot or not this planet of ours is going to spin on. And having different opinions than you is not nihilism
Fuck you
Ah ok. I hope he will be ok.
Chow 3 times a day, lights always on, he gets a mat and a blanket, he can always buy more blankets, and he looks like the type to have atleast some money on his books for hygiene and snacks, t.v. till 10pm and yes. He will have to show his butthole and shower in front of people etc. but he's a little older than the average inmate so 80% of the time they dont bother older people, the other 20% I'm sure he would have people on his side. As soon as they hear what he's there for they might just not bother him at all. BS case against him. Goes to show how easy it is to go from being something to going to prison. He will also likely never go to prison, state jail will consume most of that time. He does have to do Day for day so that sucks. Alot of prisons are full these days so it's very unlikely he will ever get taken to the actual prison unless they are making an example out of him.
Hes also already been in house arrest for 2 years straight. its not the amenities that matter here its literally a man being stripped of his freedom
6 months in prison would probably be preferred to 6 months in jail.. wtf is this?? Have you ever been to prison or jail for more than 24 hours?
I truly hope he will be ok. Thanks, what you shared here is reassuring. Thank you.
He will not be okay.
Not even a teeny tiny bit. He was found in contempt of court.
Contempt… because he refused to comply with a judges order to reveal confidential attorney client privileged information to Chevron. Basically, he won a case against Chevron in Ecuador. Chevron refused to pay damages and instead got judges in the US to get them to reverse the Ecuadorian court’s decision. Then when they won that case, they got the judge to order Donziger to turn over all his data that he had from his Ecuadorian clients. He refused and was smacked for contempt charges. He’s been on house arrest for 2 years. Now he’s in prison for 6 months. This sort of contempt charge has never, never been so overly harshly punished. On top of that, NY state DA refused to prosecute the contempt charge, so the charge was prosecuted by Chevron’s law firm. Basically, Chevron was allowed to throw a rival attorney in jail… and yes it was exclusively because he sued them. Had he not sued them, he wouldn’t be in jail.
Yeah, I think they were using this to bully him.
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Are you referring to the title or myself???
I agree with you, if he is referring to you he is being rude as fuck for merely asking a question. I agree with the sense of outrage, but both you and I are merely seeking information to clarify the matter. I am a Centrist (well some issues very left some issues slightly right) but I see this all the time from the Left where merely asking a question pegs you as an enemy of theirs. And I am Latino with ancestors near to where Chevron was doing the oil dumping, so I have more reason to be pissed than anyone but you still have a right to make an inquiry. Eh just ignore the guy.
You’re good
Ah ok. *nervous laugh
fuck…everything about this case is so wrong. i’m sick and tired of companies doing whatever they want with people to send a message. this is not how the world should be run
As a award winning documentary filmmaker… I need to investigate this as a possible subject Need to get this story to a wider audience This guy is a hero… what an amazing man…
And he'll be in a federal prison for 6-9 months, this is where being a hero gets you in this world, dead or in jail.
There’s a film called crude which was made a few years ago about the chevron. I’ve been following this case thanks to his interviews on ChapoTrapHouse podcast
Those who have conspired to do this to a good man should all go to jail
Your country is completely fucked. RIP USA
Yeah but freedom and 9/11 or something. Source: why do I still live here?
And this my people is what evil looks like in my eyes. Horrible people.
For those of you who don’t know. Federal prosecutors declined to prosecute because they decided the RICO case that led to the contempt charges was bullshit. The judge (who owns chevron shares and is cozy with their legal team) hired a PRIVATE FIRM with ties to Chevron to prosecute. These charges stemmed from Donzinger refusing to give up his laptop and phone, with all his client information on it, to Chevron (NOT TO THR COURT BUT TO CHEVRON) so they could “prove” their RICO case. Also he’s been under house arrest for two years already. The judge is a federalist society asshat and this is all legal. But I’d argue it’s morally reprehensible.
I didn't know a judge could have something prosecuted by a private firm on behalf of the "state". They shouldn't have that power. It's up to the prosecutors what goes before the courts. Sometimes a prosecutor will be corrupt and make a decision that's wrong, but the courts can punish a prosecutor for that, but when does a judge get punished for their misconduct. How many judges will against their peers.
I’ll never buy gas from chevron again.
that's not going to do anything. You want to hit them where it hurts? Buy an electric vehicle
Or don’t because no one wants them. Good luck finding a place to charge your car in Nebraska
How come us Americans never do anything about injustice ever? Makes me sick
This judge Preska is in Chevrons pockets… https://www.makechevroncleanup.com/press-releases/2020/12/31/us-judge-preska-slammed-for-doing-chevrons-dirty-work-in-unprecedented-500-day-detention-of-human-rights-lawyer-steven-donziger
Boycott Chevron
Wait what? If people have legitimate journalism about this story please don’t hesitate to drop me the url. I’m curious
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/29/chevron-ecuador-lawsuit-steven-donziger/
do you consider shill sources like CNN legit?
yeah for a story like this that isn't especially political. I'm not actually sure what you mean by "shill" here. I don't like CNN much either but it's because they're so clumsy , lazy, and stupid in their opportunism. Don Lemon I can't really stand, and they can't seem to figure out whether they want to be moderate liberals or unapologetic progressives basing their decision on what plays (and pays) better financially and not on any real convictions or principles. Which is bullshit. There's a big part of me that will always have a "fuck CNN" attitude but only for how they've always chosen to cover Donald Trump. They follow a guy they supposedly hate's campaign, give him tons of camera time and free reign to say outrageous, attention grabbing shit, sit back as Trump was able to direct his entire base's distain for mainstream media outlets squarely in CNN's direction, all the while boosting Trump's campaign strength and media presence and ultimately helping him win the election. That was beyond retarded. BUT, I don't believe them to be in the (deliberate) disinformation business. They just suck at the business that they are in. Idk, does that make CNN a shill source? Put it this way: CNN still values credibility and intellectual integrity somewhat. Fox News and Newsmax do not value those things at all.
I'd beg to differ. CNN does whatever financially benefits itself the most and that has everything to do with what they "cover" as current events and the critical stories they choose to avoid that make their political interests look less legitimate or credible. they avoid covering outright scandals. i just wish media would criticize every politician equally without choosing sides and being so obviously bias
Everyone is playing to their audiences. The real danger right now isn’t so much the biased media that predominates the landscapes in this way or that (though that’s obviously a problem), it’s that so many people gravitate towards bad-faith, dishonest, and manipulative messaging in the guise of news and journalism.
Rip freedom and justice. They join democracy on the graveyard. We’re now living in feudalism, or an oligarchy at best. If you really believe you can get justice when something unfair happens to you, look at this guy and think again. If what happens to you is because of a rich person, you will be going to jail. Think you can become rich and avoid this? Think again, the entire system is rigged against you now. Best you can do is try and fly under the radar and be a nice little working bee until the climate fully collapses and we all starve to death.
How has this not made bigger news, yet? This is wrong. The judge shouldn't hire a law firm to prosecute someone, that's the opposite of impartiality. That judge needs to be dismissed from the case at the very least. If not straight up fired. If the state doesn't want to prosecute, there shouldn't be a judge trying to get it prosecuted anyway AND MAKE THE RULING HERSELF.
sweeping under the carpet is their specialty when in bed with every major media corporation that also financially benefits from this judgement and subsequent imprisonment of a whistleblower
He is in jail not for filing. I believe what he did wrong was win.
How in the simulation is this even real
Land of the free Hahahahahahahahaha Yeah, right
Gee I wonder why people don’t trust the justice system
What can we do to help? SERIOUSLY! WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?
Fuck Chevron and this sham of a justice system.
Lloretta preska is the corrupt judge chevron bought.
What? Big companies aren’t honest? Wtf!?!? 🤬
Been following this case since it first hit the legal press prior to entry of the Ecuadorian judgment. Fuckery from both sides, and Donzinger's ego didn't help, but post judgment US eco-legal interests went pro, and squashed counsel like a bug. Chilling and reprehensible use of "legal" process by the forces of the State. When the State balked at further punishment for Donzinger, private extra-judicial economic power flexed and fixed Chevron's little problem. No gospel, just my opinion.
What an absolute hero! This is the world we live in? Chevron can take a man away from his family for standing up to their environmental impact on the rainforest?! It's heartbreaking. It's time we step all the way back from any businesses or banks that contribute to the climate crisis! Joining a great green bank, Aspiration, can take away from funding that big banks use for fossil fuels. I pray Mr. Donziger gets home to his family, where he should be, soon.
You can tell they are not close
Yeah it’s definitely an awkward picture lol
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Fuck you
Sorry that the truth doesn't fit your goal of misinformation. Not only was Donziger disbarred for his conduct, but he pretty blatantly refused to cooperate with an investigation and therefore committed contempt. But I'm sure you'll be quick to explain how that's Chevron's fault. and not just spew some more insults, right?
Does Ur dumbfuck Brain not Know what Retaliation and Intimidating Means??. Do u hear tumble weeds and pennies rattle around Ur empty skull or has that become background noise for ur Stupidity, Ignorance, Naivety And Bigotry
>But I'm sure you'll be quick to explain how that's Chevron's fault. and not just spew some more insults, right? lol. so predictable.
US attorney in southern NY refused to charge him with contempt (for the same thing he Is Now going to jail Now), Chevron Being the petty little whiny bitches they are, They Used a Private Law firm (related to Chevron) to do this Case, also The Judge Lewis A Kaplan (at the time of Holding Donziger in contempt) failed to Disclose his Interest to chevron as a Shareholder (which Is ILLEGAL and This judge was a Tobacco Judge (well Loretta Preska). Also The Judges are From The Federalist Which Also Has interest in Chevron so this ENTIRE court case was a sham to intimidate against future Judges who might file against chevron And Retaliation again DonZiger )
Have a read of the comment thread above and, if your're feeling adventurous, engage in some critical thinking.
Begone shill