Trump marks first 100 days in workplace

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the subcommittee’s rating member, despatched letters to the 5 corporations owned by Musk — SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, The Boring Firm and xAI — going through oversight motion by the federal authorities, asking every to supply info on all federal investigations, litigation or regulatory proceedings; an in depth clarification of measures taken to stop Musk’s work from affecting these issues; and all nonpublic company info regarding these issues that will have been given to Musk or the corporate.

“By depleting and downsizing oversight our bodies by means of widespread firings, funding cuts, and disruptive directives, DOGE could allow Mr. Musk’s corporations to keep away from authorized accountability,” Blumenthal writes.

Musk’s corporations and a consultant for DOGE didn’t instantly reply to NBC Information’ request for touch upon the memo.

White Home Communications Director Stephen Cheung stated in a press release that Musk “has by no means used his place for private or monetary achieve, and any assertion in any other case is totally false and defamatory.” Referring to Blumenthal, he added, “Dick is clearly affected by a debilitating and uncurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has wilted his mind to the purpose that he’ll proceed to hawk lies like he has together with his fabricated service document in Vietnam.”

The memo says Musk’s alleged $2.37 billion potential monetary publicity from federal investigations and litigation spans a number of businesses, together with points similar to alleged racial harassment at Tesla’s manufacturing unit in Fremont, California; alleged discriminatory hiring practices by SpaceX; alleged false or deceptive statements about autopilot and self driving options and alleged failure to reveal photo voltaic panel dangers to shareholders by Tesla; and alleged deceptive statements about product rusks and Animal Welfare Act violations by Neuralink.

The memo calls on Trump, govt departments and regulatory businesses to take “coordinated motion to handle Elon Musk’s risk to the integrity of federal governance,” together with responding to Congressional requests associated to Musk’s “federal entanglements,” directing all related businesses to assessment contracts and communications with Musk’s to find out whether or not acceptable measures had been or are are in place to stop undue affect, and initiating impartial audits of all main authorities contracts and awards to Musk’s corporations.

“Nobody particular person, irrespective of how outstanding or rich, is above the legislation,” the memo concludes. “Something lower than decisive, rapid, and collective motion dangers America changing into a bystander to the give up to trendy oligarchy — public energy in non-public arms.”