( March 19, 2026, 3:10 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — The federal judge overseeing a $5.8 billion auction in Delaware federal court of oil assets belonging to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its affiliates overruled an unsuccessful bidder’s objections to attorney fees and expenses of more than $15 million sought by the special master for three months of work by himself and his attorneys and advisers, rebuffing the bidder’s argument that the fees were “unreasonable” and should be reduced by 20%....