Thread by @AukeHoekstra

Pretty incredible story that I completely missed: after Chevron was ordered to pay $9.5 billion to clean up willful contamination of the Amazon in Equador, they moved all their assets out of Ecuador and started to demonize the NY lawyer Donziger.
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This human rights lawyer Donziger was found to be a fraud that payed off a corrupt judge in Ecuador. He's also in contempt of court and is disbarred. He's awaiting a trial at home with an ankle bracelet for over a year now. BUT...

This is all based on the findings of ONE pro Chevron judge called Kaplan and the pro Chevron prosecutor and judge that he appointed.

Dozens of judges, 200 lawyers, 37 disbarment organisations, 55 Nobel laureates and an increasing number of celebrities disagree.

Seems to me like Chevron and Kaplan have bitten off more than they can chew.

Chevron's strategy was to demonize Donziger, internal emails reveal. Also to keep this out of the public eye (at least outside of Equador) by avoiding jury trials. But this is becoming very public :-)

Fun fact: Chevron has paid 60 lawfirms and 2000 lawyers around $1 billion (!) to make life miserable for Donziger and those who stand with him. They promised the indigenous people (that where rewarded the $9.5 billion) "a lifetime of ligitation".

So let's hold Chevron accountable for the damage they knowingly caused. Let's give this little known case a bit more publicity.

That might also lead to more successful cleanup cases and to less squashing and murdering of human rights activists.
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