Why Did Chevron Pay Its “Dirty Tricks Guy” $2.2 Million?

Diego Borja is Chevron’s “dirty tricks guy” — that’s not an allegation, that’s how he once described himself. Recent court documents reveal that Chevron has paid Borja $2.2 million for his work. You have to wonder: What exactly is Chevron paying Borja to do? Ostensibly, that $2.2 million is for retainer fees, living expenses, income taxes [...]

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Chevron Agrees: The RICO Suit Against Ecuadorean Plaintiffs And Their Lawyers Is Totally Bogus

From the get-go, we pointed out that the RICO suit Chevron filed against the Ecuadoreans suing the company for massive environmental pollution in the Amazon would be laugh-out-loud funny if it wasn’t so insulting and it didn’t seem so likely that Chevron was actually serious. Well, it turns out Chevron and its lawyers weren’t really [...]

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