The recent enforcement action taken by the United States Department of Justice seems to suggest that the agency is particularly after Twitter owner Elon Musk according to claims from a Congressman.
Is the DOJ After Tesla Boss?
Generally, there are a number of personalities in the tech space who are as audacious as the Tesla founder and their audacity is yet to attract undue limelight to them. However, the government, through the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently launched some investigations against Musk and one lawmaker has attempted to demystify the reason behind this enforcement action.
According to US Congressman Thomas Massie who spoke today at the Hearing of the House Committee on Judiciary oversight of the DOJ, the U.S. Government is using “mafia tactics” to investigate Elon Musk. By “mafia tactics”, Massie means to say that the government’s action is largely dependent on what the individual in question did or did not do.
Comparing Musk’s treatment to that of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, the U.S. Congressman pointed out that the latter spent about $400 million three years ago to influence the outcome of the elections, “secretly for democracies; investigation whatsoever.”
He has reasons to believe that the authorities employed this strategy as a retaliation for Musk’s exposure of the “censorship regime” of the Biden Administration.
“Elon Musk was a Democrat who admittedly supported Biden,” Massie stated. “Then he became a critic of the administration and exposed the censorship regime. Now, per public reports, the DOJ has opened not one but two investigations into Elon Musk.”
Elon Musk Faces Multiple Investigation
Massie pointed out that the DOJ has initiated two different investigations against the Twitter boss’ action which he believes are closely related to his activities during his time as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the rebranded social media platform, X.
Musk is under scrutiny for allegedly misusing company’s funds for his personal gratification. Specifically, he is being called out for “Project 42,” an opulent glass house speculated for Musk near Tesla’s Austin, Texas headquarters. Noteworthy, Elon Musk has refuted the claim stating that he is not building a house anywhere.
Meanwhile, Musk is still facing a class-action lawsuit from Dogecoin (DOGE) investors who are confident that he was part of the scheme to manipulate the price of the memecoin. In a recent turn of events, some celebrities and high-profile individuals have also been indicted in the lawsuit.
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