‘Flagrantly illegal’: Senate Dems demand probe of Trump's Tesla stunt outside White House
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‘Flagrantly illegal’: Senate Dems demand probe of Trump's Tesla stunt outside White House

Raw Story  

Some Senate Democrats are pushing for an ethics investigation into the White House promotional stunt led by President Donald Trump to support Elon Musk’s electric car company as its stock prices plummet. “We write with serious concern that a top Trump Administration official, Elon Musk — in conjunction with President Trump — is using his official role and the public resources of the White House to promote his car company, Tesla,” the group wrote in a letter dated Thursday. “As a Special Government Employee, Mr. Musk is subject to OGE regulations governing the conduct of executive branch employees.” “Ethics laws on the misuse of government positions serve a practical purpose,” they concluded. “They help ensure that finite taxpayer resources are devoted to addressing public problems, from soaring egg prices to a Measles outbreak — rather than redirecting the President’s scarce time and White House resources to helping the world’s richest man get richer.” The call for an ethics probe into the White House event came as welcome news to some political observers.

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'Outright corruption': Critics outraged by suspicious timing of Musk's big Trump donation
1 week, 2 days ago

'Outright corruption': Critics outraged by suspicious timing of Musk's big Trump donation

Raw Story  

An exclusive New York Times report that revealed tech billionaire Elon Musk wants to pour $100 million of his vast fortune into political groups aligned with President Donald Trump drew outrage from observers who pointed out the curious timing of new the multimillion-dollar effort from the world's richest person. “Trump cuts a Tesla ad at the White House, and Elon …

Republican lawmakers on Elon Musk's ‘work log’ diktat': ‘Put a dose of compassion’
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Republican lawmakers on Elon Musk's ‘work log’ diktat': ‘Put a dose of compassion’

Hindustan Times  

Republicans and Democrats alike have flayed billionaire Elon Musk for his ‘work report’ diktat to federal employees, even as several US government agencies instructed their staffers to not comply with the instructions. ‘These are real people’ John Curtis, a Senator from Utah from Trump's Republican Party, called on Musk to be ‘compassionate.’ “If I could say one thing to Elon …

Democratic congressman who called Musk a ‘d***’ faces DOJ investigation over controversial fight comments
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Democratic congressman who called Musk a ‘d***’ faces DOJ investigation over controversial fight comments

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter,” Garcia …

This Might Be the Fastest Way to Get Elon Musk Out of the White House
1 month ago

This Might Be the Fastest Way to Get Elon Musk Out of the White House

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. But even if Musk were considered an inferior officer, his office was not “established by Law,” and Congress has not empowered the president to make the appointment without Senate confirmation. The Supreme Court has said that the appointments clause …

'Reckless' Elon Musk is 'undermining' Trump: legal analyst
1 month ago

'Reckless' Elon Musk is 'undermining' Trump: legal analyst

Raw Story  

Any hope that Donald Trump may have that the conservative majority Supreme Court will give a thumbs-up to his makeover of the federal government and grant him unlimited power is fading by the day. That is according to former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori in his column for Politico where he claimed that, as much as Trump can be his own …

California, other states sue over Elon Musk’s virtually ‘unchecked’ power in White House
1 month, 1 week ago

California, other states sue over Elon Musk’s virtually ‘unchecked’ power in White House

LA Times  

Elon Musk speaks during an event with President Trump on Tuesday in the Oval Office. “Although our constitutional system was designed to prevent the abuses of an 18th century monarch, the instruments of unchecked power are no less dangerous in the hands of a 21st century tech baron.” President Trump has repeatedly defended Musk’s work in recent weeks and said …

'You don’t get to slither around in the dark': Dem slams Musk and his 'little suck-ups'
1 month, 1 week ago

'You don’t get to slither around in the dark': Dem slams Musk and his 'little suck-ups'

Raw Story  

There’s “real energy” in the halls of Congress and across the country as voters begin to take notice of “just how lawless” President Donald Trump’s new administration is prepared to be – and Elon Musk is at that top of that list, according to Sen. Elizabeth Warren. In an interview published Wednesday in Rolling Stone, Warren saved her fiercest attacks …

‘Let the scams roll’: Senator floats new theory behind Musk's desire to gut agency
1 month, 1 week ago

‘Let the scams roll’: Senator floats new theory behind Musk's desire to gut agency

Raw Story  

Sen. Elizabeth Warren came out swinging against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, his chair of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, for gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – a watchdog agency that she helped create more than a decade ago. "So, what Donald Trump has done, saying he really wanted to lower costs, is he's taken this agency …

How Elon Musk's crusade against government could benefit Tesla
1 month, 1 week ago

How Elon Musk's crusade against government could benefit Tesla

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk has long railed against the U.S. government, saying a crushing number of federal investigations and safety programs have stymied Tesla, his electric car company, and its efforts to create fleets of robotaxis and other self-driving automobiles. On the potential chopping block: crash investigations into Tesla's partially automated vehicles; a Justice Department criminal probe examining whether Musk and …

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon

Al Jazeera  

SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’. US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon, after he was tasked with leading an audit to slash the size of the US …

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon
1 month, 1 week ago

Trump says Musk to uncover billions in ‘fraud and abuse’ at US Pentagon

Al Jazeera  

SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk is presiding over a purge of US government jobs that critics call an ‘evisceration of democracy’. US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon, after he was tasked with leading an audit to slash the size of the US …

'Smells bad': Ex-prosecutor flags key detail as Musk sends DOJ list of probe targets
1 month, 1 week ago

'Smells bad': Ex-prosecutor flags key detail as Musk sends DOJ list of probe targets

Raw Story  

A letter written by a top federal prosecutor to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency promising to investigate in blistering terms individuals who he’s referred for prosecution doesn't pass the smell test for CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams. “The problem is the prosecutor.” In the letter, Martin told Musk he would “begin an inquiry” into his referral of …

‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions
1 month, 1 week ago

‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions

Salon  

Reps. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are proposing a bill to stop billionaire Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle the federal government in its tracks. The ‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’ is the latest push from Democratic lawmakers to rein in DOGE, the Trump administration cost-cutting scheme that has set its sights on USAID and the Treasury Department. On …

'Unelected weirdo': Even centrist Democrats relish taking shots at Elon Musk
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Unelected weirdo': Even centrist Democrats relish taking shots at Elon Musk

Raw Story  

Democrats are going all-in on making X owner Elon Musk their No. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren would target Musk, even normally cautious Democrats such as Rep. Jared Golden have lined up to take shots at him. Golden's strident attacks on Musk are notable because he is normally cautious about going after President Donald Trump very hard given that Trump …

'Outrageous': Lawmaker blasts Musk after eyebrow-raising new report on DOGE team
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Outrageous': Lawmaker blasts Musk after eyebrow-raising new report on DOGE team

Raw Story  

A report that tech billionaire Elon Musk is using young, inexperienced engineers to orchestrate control of the federal payment system came under heavy fire when a CNN anchor asked the top Democratic member on the House Oversight Committee, who came loaded with plenty of his own questions. “I think it's outrageous,” Rep. Gerry Connolly told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday …

Sen. Warren urges Trump to hold Musk accountable for conflicts of interest
3 months ago

Sen. Warren urges Trump to hold Musk accountable for conflicts of interest

NPR  

Sen. Warren urges Trump to hold Musk accountable for conflicts of interest toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says Elon Musk should be required to comply with the same stringent conflict of interest rules that federal employees have to follow. Sponsor Message "He either needs to divest his ongoing interests or he needs to fence …

Trump needs to hold Elon Musk to ethics standards, says Democratic Senator
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3 months ago

Trump needs to hold Elon Musk to ethics standards, says Democratic Senator

India Today  

US Senator Elizabeth Warren has asked Donald Trump's transition team to hold Elon Musk to the same ethics standards as other transition members, putting oversight of the unusually powerful presidential adviser in the spotlight. "Mr Musk’s substantial private interests present a massive conflict of interest with the role he has taken on as your ‘unofficial co-president," Warren said in a …

"Invitation for corruption": Warren suggests Elon Musk could be using Trump to make himself richer
3 months ago

"Invitation for corruption": Warren suggests Elon Musk could be using Trump to make himself richer

Salon  

After dropping more than $250 million on his effort to elect Donald Trump, billionaire and Pentagon contractor Elon Musk could now use his power and influence to steer sweetheart deals to his network of companies, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., warned in a letter sent Monday to the Trump transition team. “Putting Mr. Musk in a position to influence billions of …

Donald Trump files legal complaint over 'foreign interference' after Labour activists join Democrat rival's campaign - but Keir Starmer insists they CAN still work if the Republican wins US election
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump files legal complaint over 'foreign interference' after Labour activists join Democrat rival's campaign - but Keir Starmer insists they CAN still work if the Republican wins US election

Daily Mail  

Keir Starmer today tried to shrug off a furious reaction from Donald Trump over Labour activists campaigning for his Democrat rival. The PM insisted the pair could still work together despite the Republican candidate's campaign accusing the party of 'blatant foreign interference' in the US election. Donald Trump put his relationship with Sir Keir Starmer under strain last night after …

Trump-Musk interview a 'brazen' violation of federal election laws: FEC complaint
7 months, 1 week ago

Trump-Musk interview a 'brazen' violation of federal election laws: FEC complaint

Raw Story  

A Democratic-aligned political action committee filed a complaint with federal election regulators accusing Donald Trump, his campaign and the social media site X of violating federal election laws during Trump's interview with tech billionaire Elon Musk. Trump's lengthy interview with Musk on Monday "violated" federal rules banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates, and barring federal candidates from accepting …

‘Fake, manipulated lies,’ says Kamala Harris campaign after Elon Musk shares AI-generated parody clip without disclaimer
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Fake, manipulated lies,’ says Kamala Harris campaign after Elon Musk shares AI-generated parody clip without disclaimer

Live Mint  

Elon Musk, the Space X founder and Tesla owner, shared an AI-generated video of US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday evening without explicitly stating that it was originally released as a parody. The video says, “I, Kamala Harris, am your Democrat candidate for president because Joe Biden finally exposed his senility at the debate." The video suggests that the …

Elon Musk’s SEC woes: US agency to investigate X’s acquisition, force Musk to testify
1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk’s SEC woes: US agency to investigate X’s acquisition, force Musk to testify

Firstpost  

The US SEC is investigating how Elon Musk took over X and if he broke any laws in doing so. The SEC also plans to force Elon to testify and participate in the investigation, given that he has been allegedly dodging the investigation for weeks now The US Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to force Elon Musk to testify …

SEC says it’s not violating Elon Musk’s right to free speech
2 years, 2 months ago

SEC says it’s not violating Elon Musk’s right to free speech

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is denying allegations that it is violating Elon Musk’s free speech rights by trying to enforce a 2018 securities fraud settlement. “Musk’s agreement protects investors by ensuring that the information the public uses to make decisions about Tesla securities is accurate and consistent with what Tesla reports,” the agency’s brief said. Musk’s …

’Musk’s actions as Twitter CEO raise concerns on…’ Senator Warren to Tesla board
2 years, 3 months ago

’Musk’s actions as Twitter CEO raise concerns on…’ Senator Warren to Tesla board

Live Mint  

In view of billionaire Elon Musk's actions as new Twit Chief, Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday sent a letter to the Tesla Inc. board questioning whether Chief Executive Officer Musk is meeting his legal obligations to the company and its, according to Bloomberg News. In the letter, Warren wrote that Musk's actions as the new Twitter CEO have …

US investigates Tesla CEO Elon Musk's statement on taking company private
6 years, 6 months ago

US investigates Tesla CEO Elon Musk's statement on taking company private

Firstpost  

Tesla Inc said on 18 September the US Department of Justice was investigating Chief Executive Elon Musk’s public statements in August that he was considering taking the electric car maker private, the latest and biggest threat to Musk’s leadership. The Justice Department asked Tesla for documents about Musk’s announcement, Tesla said, describing it as a “voluntary request.” The company said …

Tesla facing US criminal probe over Elon Musk statements
6 years, 6 months ago

Tesla facing US criminal probe over Elon Musk statements

Live Mint  

Washington/New York: Tesla Inc. is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter. SEC probe SEC enforcement attorneys in the San Francisco office were already investigating Tesla before Musk sent his tweet on taking the company private, Bloomberg reported on 9 …

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