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Who is Steven Donziger, the Jewish environmental lawyer who politicians want Biden to pardon next?

JL;DR SUMMARY Steven Donziger, a Jewish environmental lawyer known for his legal battle against Chevron over pollution in Ecuador, is being advocated for a presidential pardon by U.S. politicians at the end of Biden's term. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityHuman RightsActivismIsrael CriticismPresidential PardonSteven DonzigerEnvironmental LawyerChevron LawsuitAttorney Client PrivilegeHouse Arrest

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Ecuador
"Steven Donziger is an American human rights lawyer who spent his career campaigning for the rights of Indigenous and farming communities in the Amazonian region of Ecuador and found himself in one of the largest environmental lawsuits in history."
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
"Donziger grew up in the Jewish community of Jacksonville, Florida, according to a profile in Haaretz."
New York, United States
"His maternal grandfather, Aaron E. Koota, was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants who later became New York State Supreme Court Judge."
Israel
"Donziger has long been an outspoken critic of Israel and the Israeli government, especially since Oct. 7 and the subsequent Israel-Hamas war."

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