Records show Fort Worth judge in X case owns Tesla stock [Video]

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth judge for a civil suit involving X, formerly known as Twitter, has up to $50,000 invested in Tesla, both companies owned by Elon Musk, new records show. 

According to a financial disclosure report, District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas has between $15,000 and $50,000 invested in the electric car company.

Despite this, in a memorandum filed by O’Connor, he denied a motion by defendant Media Matters compelling X to amend their lawsuit to reflect that Tesla is an interested party in the case. 

A rule of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires litigants to file “a complete list of all persons…or other legal entities that are financially interested in the outcome of …