{"id":109632,"date":"2014-03-10T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/?p=9343"},"modified":"2014-03-10T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:56:35","slug":"judge-calls-chevron-vs-ecuador-case-egregious-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/judge-calls-chevron-vs-ecuador-case-egregious-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge calls Chevron vs Ecuador Case &#8220;Egregious Fraud&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Greg Palast<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cofanleadercriollo1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9348 alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"cofanleadercriollo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cofanleadercriollo11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>A federal judge in New York today slapped a stern order on attorney Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorean villagers he claims to represent, prohibiting them from capitalizing on a $9 billion judgment the judge said was the product of \u201cegregious fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge is completely, utterly full of shit,\u00a0here&#8217;s <strong>the real story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/chevron-runs-from-judgmentin-ecuador\/\" >Chevron Runs from Judgment in Ecuador<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px;\"><em>watch Palast&#8217;s report from the Amazon for BBC , War Paint and Lawyers:\u00a0Rainforest Indians versus Big Oil on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palastinvestigativefund.org\/?id=23\" >DVD Palast Investigates<\/a>:\u00a0From 8-Mile to the Amazon. Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palastinvestigativefund.org\/?id=23\" >signed DVD<\/a> or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/palastinvestigatesdownload\/\" >Download it for FREE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"more-9343\"><\/span>********<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greg Palast&#8217;s investigation of Chevron&#8217;s oil drilling operations in the Amazon for BBC Television\u00a0<em>Newsnight<\/em>\u00a0is included in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palastinvestigativefund.org\/?id=23\" >DVD compendium\u00a0<em>Palast Investigates<\/em><\/a>. Get a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palastinvestigativefund.org\/?id=23\" >signed DVD<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/palastinvestigatesdownload\/\" >download the film for FREE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Palast&#8217;s investigations are supported in part by the Puffin and Cloud Mountain Foundations and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palastinvestigativefund.org\/\" >Palast Investigative Fund<\/a>, a 501c3 charitable trust.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to Palast&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/subscribe\/\" >Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"itpc:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/Podcasting\/podcasts.xml\">podcasts<\/a>.<br \/>\nFollow Palast on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Greg-Palast\/87777747127\" >Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Greg_Palast\" >Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregpalast.com\/\" >www.GregPalast.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sharethis.com\/item?&#038;wp=3.3.2&amp;publisher=d00b9116-c29b-4161-bdf1-956730365e4f&amp;title=%3Cb%3EJudge+calls+Chevron+vs+Ecuador+Case+%3Cbr+%2F%3E%22Egregious+Fraud%22%3C%2Fb%3E&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gregpalast.com%2Fjudge-calls-chevron-vs-ecuador-case-egregious-fraud%2F\">ShareThis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Palast A federal judge in New York today slapped a stern order on attorney Steven Donziger and the Ecuadorean villagers he claims to represent, prohibiting them from capitalizing on a $9 billion judgment the judge said was the product of &ldquo;egregious fraud.&rdquo; The judge is completely, utterly full of shit,&nbsp;here&#8217;s the real story. 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