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Steven Donziger

3 May, 10 tweets, 3 min read

@WSJ

BREAKING: We made Page 1 of the @WSJ. The article correctly paints Chevron as petty, vindictive, and irrational.

That said, the WSJ and its editing team omit or distort key facts to hide Chevron's corruption of the courts.

Let's go through some of them. (1/10)

(2/10) Six appellate courts around the world—including the Supreme Courts of Ecuador and Canada—have unanimously validated the Ecuador judgement. The WSJ ignored this.

@Sara_Randazzo

(3/10) Writer @Sara_Randazzo quotes extensively from pro-Chevron U.S. trial judge Lewis Kaplan about an alleged "fraud" in Ecuador. She ignored decisions from 28 other appellate judges in Ecuador and Canada who rejected Kaplan's findings and validated the Ecuador judgement.

(4/10) The article also ignored that Kaplan let Chevron bribe its main witness with a $2m payment. The witness admitted he had lied about the supposed "fraud" after being coached for 53 days by Chevron lawyers.

(5/10) Randazzo also ignored the critical fact that I'm being prosecuted for contempt by a private Chevron law firm—not by the government. This is a flagrant conflict of interest.

(6/10) Judge Preska—who has locked me up on a misdemeanor for almost two years without trial—is a leader of the pro-corporate Federalist Society. Chevron is a major funder of the Federalist Society. Again, ignored by the WSJ.

(7/10) The article also failed to mention that six U.S. elected leaders—including Reps. Raskin, McGovern, and AOC—have issued statements supporting me. 55 Nobel Laureates also have demanded my release.

(8/10) The article also ignored the fact that I have never been given a jury of my peers to fairly adjudicate Chevron's false allegations.

(9/10) Randazzo also ignored that I have been imprisoned at home without trial for 9X longer than the max sentence ever imposed on someone convicted of my charge.

@TheNation

(10/10) Bottom line: Unlike independent outlets such as @TheNation and @TheIntercept, the Murdoch media machine in this instance has ignored inconvenient facts that threaten the agenda of one of its major advertisers.

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