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Disbarred Environmental Lawyer Who Sued Chevron Found Guilty Of Criminal Contempt

Jeffrey Cawood
Disbarred Environmental Lawyer Who Sued Chevron Found Guilty Of Criminal Contempt
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A so-called environmental lawyer found to have falsified scientific evidence and bribed a foreign judge to shake down an oil company faces up to six months in jail after a Manhattan federal judge on Monday ruled he committed criminal contempt.

The Wall Street Journal reported, “Disbarred attorney Steven Donziger was found guilty of six counts of criminal contempt of court, the latest twist in a nearly three-decade crusade against Chevron Corp that began as an attempt to prove the oil company caused environmental harm in Ecuador.”

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