Donziger Calls Contempt Charge Overreach As Trial Begins

By Cara Salvatore (May 10, 2021, 10:27 PM EDT) -- Steven Donziger, the disbarred human rights lawyer who has fought a bitter decadeslong battle with Chevron over oil pollution in Ecuador, began his criminal contempt trial Monday with a declaration that the oil giant was wrongly allowed to wage "a massive campaign of intrusive discovery" against him that led to the charge....

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