To Chevron, the diary presents ample evidence of wrongdoing. The company has focused in particular on sections it says show Donziger trying to pressure judges and manipulate a court-appointed expert who was supposed to remain independent. Lawyers representing Chevron in the upcoming trial will also present testimony from a former Ecuadoran judge as well as some of Donziger’s former contractors who have since switched sides.
“It’s a cascade of damaging evidence of fraud and racketeering that we’ll be putting out during the trial,” said Ted Boutrous, a partner with the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, representing Chevron. “If you looked at this evidence, any reasonable person would determine this judgment is corrupt and the product of fraud.”
