Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Could 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren‘s workplace issued a report Tuesday chronicling Elon Musk’s “130 days” in President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing the billionaire of utilizing his authorities perch to counterpoint himself and his companies.
“Musk and people performing on his behalf have been concerned in dozens of questionable actions that increase questions on corruption, ethics and conflicts of curiosity,” says the report by the Massachusetts Democrat’s workplace.
The 14-page report outlines greater than 100 occasions that Warren’s group believes Musk abused his function as a “particular authorities worker” to profit his private interests.
It accuses Musk of violating “norms at an astonishing tempo,” actions that it calls “scandalous conduct no matter whether or not it topics him to legal prosecution.”
The White Home didn’t reply to CNBC’s request for touch upon the report. CNBC additionally reached out for remark to Musk, Quinn Emanuel accomplice Alex Spiro and Omead Afshar, a Tesla vice chairman. They didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
Musk last week wrapped up his official authorities service main DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency,” which is engaged in a broad effort to slash federal authorities spending.
His 4 months main DOGE as a particular authorities worker had been marked by unprecedented upheaval to the federal workforce and authorities companies.
Warren’s group accuses Musk of utilizing the federal authorities to advertise his companies. Musk, who’s the world’s richest individual, is CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
As an example, it highlights the time the White House lawn was become a short lived Tesla showroom.
It additionally outlines greater than two dozen cases the place the Trump administration or authorities companies “have entered or explored new profitable contracts” with Musk’s firms, similar to Customs and Border Safety exploring using Starlink technology in surveillance towers.
The report additionally outlines six occasions that the Trump administration or federal companies halted enforcement actions towards any of Musk’s firms, or the occasions that DOGE focused authorities companies investigating the businesses.
As an example, it says that the Occupational Security and Well being Administration closed an investigation into Tesla for “allegedly violating office security guidelines.”
“Musk’s firms have acquired or are being thought-about for big contracts with the federal authorities, with overseas governments, and with different personal sector firms,” the report says.
The report will not be the primary time that Musk has come underneath fireplace for alleged conflicts of curiosity throughout his DOGE tenure.
Three Democratic senators, together with Warren, despatched a letter final week urging the Justice Division and different authorities to probe whether or not DOGE workers broke conflict-of-interest legal guidelines by proudly owning shares in firms which will have benefited from their government-cutting work.
CNBC’s Lora Kolodny contributed reporting.