'Libelous on its face': Internet critics blast Musk's 'disgusting' treason accusation
Raw StoryTech billionaire and Donald Trump ally Elon Musk took to his X platform on Wednesday evening to make an extreme accusation against Alexander Vindman, the Ukrainian-born Army lieutenant colonel and National Security Council official who, among other things, provided whistleblower testimony against Trump at his impeachment trial for abuse of power, and more recently accused Musk of divulging state secrets to Russia. "Vindman is on the payroll of Ukrainian oligarchs and has committed treason against the United States, for which he will pay the appropriate penalty," wrote Musk, who bankrolled much of the voter outreach for the Trump campaign and is now heading up his task force to cut government spending. "Treason has a specific definition which could not possibly encompass Vindman," wrote Huffington Post White House correspondent S.V. "That Musk is now threatening people with imprisonment and/or execution for non-crimes but rather being a person who he disagrees with should be the end of that pathetic website," wrote Georgia State law professor Anthony Michael Kreis.
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