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Weaponized DOJ Goes After Elon Musk Again
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"regardless of their qualification"
Seems to omit who determines the qualifications.
Does a company get to determine what the qualifications are for hiring?
Couldn't a company determine that U.S. citizenship be in part, a qualification for hiring?
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Government already made that a mandatory requirement (qualification) for Space X. See Musk Tweets above.
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Whatever the DOJ is smoking, they need to stop.
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At this point the citizens would be better served if the DOJ and FBI were eliminated all together . You could re visit it a yr later to see if a smaller replacement of a different type was needed to replace DOJ.
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Just hire whomever applies.
It is not like it is rocket science.
It is not like it is rocket science.
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Elon needs to tell the DOJ to shove it.
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It is not about right or wrong or win or lose it is about tying a person up in court or taking them off the playing field.
What is happening today is like having a Super Bowl game and a referee ejecting the star quarterback and his coach out of the game for no reason. It creates a controversy. All the replays..... It is obvious that neither the QB or Coach did anything wrong.... But their team lost the game.
What is happening today is like having a Super Bowl game and a referee ejecting the star quarterback and his coach out of the game for no reason. It creates a controversy. All the replays..... It is obvious that neither the QB or Coach did anything wrong.... But their team lost the game.
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So, I see we can add "Catch 22" to the list of dystopian novels we are living out in real life.
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Makes total sense. Put opposing laws on the books so there is no question of guilt.
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And again ...
DOJ, SEC Investigate Tesla Over Secret Glass House Project
Federal prosecutors are seeking information about benefits paid to Elon Musk
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-elon-musk-glass-house-doj-sec-investigation-c723166b
[archive link: https://archive.li/wYXKL]
Rebecca Elliott & Dave Michaels (30 August 2023)
Manhattan federal prosecutors are investigating Tesla’s use of company funds on a secret project that had been described internally as a house for Chief Executive Elon Musk, people familiar with the matter said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has sought information about personal benefits paid to Musk, how much Tesla spent on the project—which called for a spacious glass structure to be built in the Austin, Texas, area—and what it was for, the people said
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report in July that Tesla board members had investigated whether company resources were misused on the secret effort, known internally as “Project 42,” and whether Musk was personally involved. The outcome of Tesla’s internal investigation couldn’t be learned.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has also opened a civil investigation into Project 42 and is seeking similar information from the company, one of the people said.
The SDNY and SEC investigations are in their early stages and may not lead to formal allegations of wrongdoing.
Tesla didn’t respond to requests for comment on this story or the Journal’s previous reporting about Project 42. Spokesmen for the SEC and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.
Employees were working on Project 42 last year, and plans called for a spacious glass building to be erected near the automaker’s Austin-area headquarters, the Journal reported. At one point, the building was envisioned in the shape of a twisted hexagon. Other images showed an expansive glass box that appeared to include a residential area.
Tesla lawyers and board members scrutinized the project after employees became concerned about how the company planned to use millions of dollars in specialized glass that it had ordered.
The status of the project and whether the glass was ever delivered to Tesla couldn’t be learned.
Federal prosecutors also have sought information about the driving range of Tesla’s electric vehicles, people familiar with the matter said. Reuters reported in July that Tesla had inflated the projected distance its vehicles could travel on a single battery charge.
SEC rules require public companies to disclose transactions above $120,000 in which a related party, such as an executive officer, has a material interest.
The regulations also require that any perks or other personal benefits worth more than $10,000 paid to the senior-most executive officers be disclosed to investors. The SEC in recent years has brought a series of civil enforcement actions against public companies, including Hilton Worldwide, over failure to report perks given to CEOs or other officers.
The Justice Department and SEC have also each opened an investigation into whether Tesla misled customers and investors about the performance of its advanced driver-assistance system known as Autopilot.
Tesla and Musk have repeatedly clashed with the SEC since they each paid $20 million in 2018 to settle the agency’s fraud lawsuit, which alleged the CEO misled investors when he tweeted funding was in place to take the automaker private.
In the years since, Musk has tried to unravel the settlement, saying the SEC used the deal to continue peppering Tesla with frivolous demands for information. A federal judge last year denied Musk’s request to vacate the settlement.
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Didn't James Lindsey do something recently about the danger of employees enforcing a woke agenda or engaging in sabotage?
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And again ...
(h/t Thomas Massie)
https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1734696706795778126
& https://twitter.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1734780816599703983
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