( December 12, 2024, 2:06 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The push to obtain a pardon for embattled environmental attorney Steven R. Donziger, who was embroiled in a litigation saga related to an $18.5 billion verdict he obtained against Chevron Corp. for its pollution of indigenous communities in Ecuador, picked up steam on Dec. 11 when U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., joined by more than 30 of his legislative colleagues, sent a letter on Donziger’s behalf to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. In an interview, McGovern told Mealey Publications that Chevron “with all of its assets, its endless wealth and its legal team weaponized the U.S. justice system.”...