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5:36Now PlayingA federal judge in Texas, Reed O’Connor, overseeing the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk in the high-profile case against watchdog group Media Matters, gets cornered after his corrupt ties to Musk via corporate stock interest are exposed. John Iadarola and Brett Erlich break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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New records show Texas judge on X case didn't sell his Tesla shares after taking the suit
"A federal judge in Texas overseeing a high-profile lawsuit filed by billionaire Elon Musk against the watchdog group Media Matters was buying and selling stock in Musk’s Tesla company in 2023, the year Musk filed the suit, according to financial disclosure reports recently made public.
In August, NPR reported that U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas had made an investment in Tesla of between $15,001 and $50,000. O’Connor has delivered a string of decisions in the Media Matters lawsuit in favor of Musk, who argues the advocacy group disparaged X, his social media site.
That investment was revealed in a 2022 financial disclosure form required of all federal judges. But questions remained about whether the judge could have later sold his stock in Tesla — and if so, whether that happened before or after O’Connor accepted the Media Matters case in November 2023."
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