Politics

Just the Facts on Judge Feldman's Financial Investments

By Lisa Graves

Detailed in this article are the recent oil and gas speculation, including investments in deep-sea drilling companies, made by the federal judge who blocked the new deep-sea drilling ruling. I recently called for his impeachment in my comments on the financial disclosure reports of Judge Feldman, who struck down the temporary moratorium on new deep-water oil drilling. I based my comments on the financial disclosure reports that had been provided by the Administrative Office ("AO") of the U.S. Courts, from the Financial Disclosure Office (FDO) of the Article III Judges Division (where I previously served as Deputy Chief). And, I stand by my strong rebuke of the judge.

Judicial Watch (JW) has posted all the financial disclosure reports from 2003 through 2008 on all sitting federal judges, a great public service. The AO received Judge Feldman's financial disclosure report for 2009, but has not made that document public as of the publication date of this note, as the FDO does not affirmatively publish the financial statements of the judges for whom they work, but does share them publicly after an internal review process that can include redactions. In preparation for my blog on June 23, I reviewed in detail Judge Feldman's most recent filing that JW had posted, filed in May 2009.

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Full post as published by PR Watch on June 24, 2010 (boomark / email).