Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE (R-Ala.), President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE's pick for attorney general, did not disclose his ownership of oil rights on more than 600 acres of land in Alabama to the Office of Government Ethics, according to state records examined by The Washington Post.

The revelation came as Sessions goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing. Federal law requires presidential appointees requiring Senate confirmation to submit financial and employment disclosures to the OGE. While Sessions submitted his forms to the ethics office, the oil interests were not included.

The interests are only worth somewhere in the range of $4,700 annually, but the 1978 Ethics in Government Act still requires Sessions to disclose them. Some of the acreage on which Sessions owns oil rights borders a federal wildlife preserve.

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“I am troubled by any omissions,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, told the Post. “But this is particularly troubling because this ownership interest involves oil and gas holdings connected to a federal wildlife refuge.”

The Senate is set to hold hearings for several of Trump’s cabinet nominees beginning on Tuesday. The OGE sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerDemocrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise Pelosi, Schumer 'encouraged' by Trump call for bigger coronavirus relief package Schumer, Sanders call for Senate panel to address election security MORE (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts It's time for newspapers to stop endorsing presidential candidates MORE (D-Mass.) over the weekend expressing concern that some of Trump’s appointees had not yet filed their disclosure forms.