When Elon Musk left Trump’s White House (at least officially), a new Senate report examined how the world’s wealthiest man used his opportunity to enter federal power leverage to enhance his numerous personal businesses, including his electric car company Tesla, aviation contractor Spacex, social media X and Brain Chip Chip Chip company Neuralink Neuralink Neuralink.
Musk left his position as a "Special Government Employee", a status that limits his post in the administration to 130 days. As Donald Trump made it clear at the press conference, he gave Musk the "key" to the White House, and the billionaire influence will continue, and his crusaders on his own regulators will continue.
The report, by Senator Elizabeth Warren (published by Elizabeth Warren), titled "Special Interests in the Public Good: Elon Musk's 130 Days in the Trump Administration" and sets out a list of 130 actions by Musk, his company and family members, that "caused issues about corruption, morality and conflict of interest."
Of course, Musk is Trump's biggest benefactor in the 2024 campaign, spending nearly $300 million to take Trump and Republican candidates. He then camped in Mar-a-Lago during the presidential transition and moved to Washington with the 47th President. Musk sometimes appears to be the real CEO of the United States, commanding the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) forces and dispatching critical agencies through critical agencies such as the USAID (USAID), which may have condemned millions of vulnerable people around the world for preventable diseases.
The focus of the Warren report is that Elon uses political power to promote his business, or obtain special benefits (from regulatory relief to new contracts with money), which benefit his fate and his family.
The report clarified that "not all listed actions … represent violations of federal law," but pointed out that "Musk violated an astonishing speed while participating in and supporting actions that "harm the American public." It marks this "scandal act of criminal prosecution or not."
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The report highlights the time, Tesla's showrooms are increasingly plagued by public protests, and Trump turns the White House lawn into Tesla.
The report highlights more than 20 instances of Musk or Doge, helping Musk businesses acquire new contracts on the internal track of their rich business aspects. For example, it highlights Rolling stone Reports on how to direct Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees to find “ten millions of dollars” for a rich new Star Link contract. and SpaceX's new $100 million NASA contract to launch an asteroid monitoring space telescope.
The report said that when Trump took office, Musk faced federal penalties and law enforcement actions, totaling up to $2.4 billion. Warren stressed that CNBC reported that the federal government had allowed nearly 40 cases effective against Musk to be effectively dormant, while others, including the Justice Department employed in SpaceX's Justice Department allegedly anti-immigrant discrimination, were revoked.
The report describes how Musk and the government targeted the authority of the agency to regulate Musk businesses, including “destroying their employees, throwing sand in the equipment they operate, and embeding Dock Digg employees loyal to Musk.” A key example is the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which has the authority to police Musk when he turned X into a payment platform. Musk released the “removal of CFPB,” and the government tried to surrender the institution. (read Rolling stonesInterview with Warren on this topic. )
Musk operates in many highly regulated areas, from launching rockets to biomedical brain implants. The FAA has become SpaceX's service under Trump, and despite frequent catastrophic failures, it has cleared the roads for the rocket launch. In Trump's automatic tariff battle, the government announced that domestic content is 85% exempt from taxation - a category reportedly includes only Tesla.
A presidential power has never had such unrestricted access to government data, insights and policy makers. The report highlights Musk's role as the leading actor at Trump's cabinet meeting, although there are no cabinet-level positions, who "will be willing to make imminent policy changes in the highest government" of the highest government, many of which may raise his bottom line.
Musk was deeply troubled by the federal government’s human resources decisions – shooting thousands of employees while installing loyalists throughout the bureaucracy. Now many of these scammers have permanent government performances and will be able to execute policies with Musk without his proactive direction, including the head of the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the radio spectrum required for SpaceX satellite internet business.
The report links Musk to the Trump administration’s sudden, weird interest in the cause of white Afrikaans from South Africa, who were granted refugee status in Musk’s victory allegations that they face “genocide” and even other truly vulnerable people from around the world have been deprived of the U.S. recognition.
The report is highlighted Wall Street Journal An investigation into the perceived threat of X executives, they suggest that mergers between advertising groups that plan to merge may be in trouble if AD customers do not increase their spending on social media platforms.
The report relates Musk to a "seemingly unfounded" investigation by Trump's Federal Trade Commission and whether the media colludes with advertisers. X sued Watchdogs at the end of 2023 after media affairs reported that ads on the platform were corresponding to "Pro-Nazi" content, causing large brands to suspend campaigns on the platform.
The report links Musk's White House influence to favorable provisions in the House Budget Act, which includes funding for the "Golden Dome", a space-based missile defense program that appears to be prepared for Starlink.
Warren's report highlights dozens of deals signed by Musk Company with countries threatened by government tariffs and Musk, who accompanied Trump to visit the Persian Gulf countries, where Musk accompanied Doch's director announced his deal, including Neuralink's signing of a deal to start clinical trials in the United Arab Emirates.
The report highlights how Musk's power translates into a deal for family members, including his brother's recent deal with the Gulf State to board a drone lighting show, while his father reportedly is negotiating the construction of a musk tower in Dubai.
The report highlights Musk's unverifiable efforts for the conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative acquisition, which is his report, which he calls for a call from a judge who opposes Trump's impeachment.
Although Musk himself promised “maximum transparency,” he himself covered up the normative activity behind the veil of secrets, the report concluded that his huge financial holdings could be made public, or that the federal ethics requirement he might receive was abandoned if he might receive.