Steven Donziger, eco warrior and Homeric scammer — whose scheme to turn Chevron into an ATM for green activism blew up when a gusher of evidence (exposed in federal courts by the oil giant’s determined legal counterattack) resulted in racketeering convictions for the beloved leftist — has had his post-conviction martyrdom tour disrupted by continuing bad (and deserved) legal news.
Of late: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld Donziger’s federal contempt conviction (he had defied a judge’s order to turn over his electronic devices to Chevron, which sought to recoup some of its massive legal costs) – a 2–1 ruling that Donziger counsels have spun as a glimmer of hope (that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn his 2014 RICO conviction).
And then there is last week’s District of Columbia disbarment, a compliment to his 2020 disbarment by New York State (an action which, of course, Donziger appealed to the Supreme Court; which, of course, refused to consider his lame case). The wily conniver sought to keep his rarely used license to practice law in the nation’s capital, but the District of Columbia Court of Appeals was having none of Donziger’s moral-turpitude dodging.
Nixon, despite his promise, remained around to be kicked around. And so it will be with Steven Donziger, who thrills to jurisprudential beatdowns. Like “The Song that Doesn’t End,” this will not be the last time America will hear of a lump-taking by this paragon of moxie and conceit.