Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge's financial disclos

[RandySF]

CNN — The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures, in what legal experts described as an unusual move that conceals the bulk of his personal fortune.

In his 2020 and 2021 annual disclosures, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wrote that he held between $5 million and $25 million in “common stock” of a company – a significant majority of the judge’s personal wealth. The name of the company he held stock in is redacted, despite the fact that federal law only allows redactions of information that could “endanger” a judge or their family member.

CNN obtained a previous financial disclosure for Kacsmaryk – which is not available online – from 2017, when he was a judicial nominee.

On that unredacted form, Kacsmaryk reported owning about $2.9 million in stock in the Florida-based supermarket company Publix. It’s not clear whether that’s the same holding as the redacted stock, although Publix’s share price had significantly increased by 2020 and 2021 and the company is no longer listed on his more recent disclosures.



https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/21/politics/judge-kacsmaryk-financial-holdings-abortion-pill/index.html

[grumpyduck]

1. And of course the repukes won't look into this.

Instead, they feed bullshit about Hunter to Faux and the MSM.

I'm more and more convinced that a lot of their BS is just distractions from other matters. The timings and the "juiciness" are too convenient.

Assholes.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Not Getting The Publix Connection

Other than, of course, unwarranted redactions of any holdings.
The employees own about 80% of Publix, so it's not like his holdings have any influence over the company's operations.
Again, if he withheld information he should be sanctioned appropriately. But, the company is irrelevant.