The interesting parts missing from the stories snippet;

Chevron moved the case from NY to Ecuador, and then after they lost there claimed this guy bribed the Ecuadorian Judge in a subsequent RICO case they filed against him in NY. Chevron then moved the Ecuadorian Judge to the US on their dime ("for his own safety") with an income stipend 20X what he was making as a judge in Ecuador.
In that RICO case they demanded this Atty turn over his cell phone and computer. He appealed that order but said if the appeal was unsuccessful he would obviously comply and turn them over. The Judge found him in criminal contempt of court for not turning them over while the appeal was pending.

The judge - Kaplan "...has a soft spot for Chevron, which the judge once described as “a company of considerable importance to our economy that employs thousands all over the world, that supplies a group of commodities, gasoline, heating oil, other fuels, and lubricants on which every one of us depends every single day.”"


Bad actors at this level are often doing the exact same thing they are claiming the other side is / or was doing.
I'm not saying the judge is crooked as a dogs hind leg, but if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck?

I see feathers, webbed feet, and duck bills all over the place when I dug into this a little further.

I just still ain't saying the judge is a crooked, corrupt, bought off, paid for whore in the legal system, detestable, P.O.S. because I'm not sure I could prove it - and slander.

But...quack