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Elon Musk accused me of treason, John.
The more I hold him accountable for his flagrant conflicts of interest, the more he lashes out. It won’t stop me.
Elon took to social media to share right-wing lies about my leadership of Trump’s first impeachment over Trump’s effort to shakedown President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. Yes, Zelenskyy — who Trump and JD Vance viciously took attacked in the Oval Office earlier this month.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
But it’s not my leadership of Trump’s impeachment that has Elon seething. It’s my exposure of his massive conflicts of interest, and his potential violations of the law against self-dealing.
You see, I demanded information from the head of the Office of Government Ethics as to whether Elon was violating 18 U.S.C. Section 208, which makes it a crime to participate in government decisions affecting your own business interests, something Elon seems to be doing every day.
But before I could get an answer, the head of that office was fired by Trump. Along with the firing of Inspectors General, this action was designed to facilitate the grift that is going on in the Trump Administration.
Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but be struck by the irony: accused of treason while Donald Trump withdrew all military aid for our ally, Ukraine, to bow down to Vladimir Putin and Russia. I told Elon that if he was looking for someone betraying our country and its national security interests, he needn’t look very far.
Now, these attacks aren’t new. I’ve had a target on my back for years, John.
What is new is the authority that Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and countless right-wing officials have to weaponize the government against me and others.
Trump has given Musk unfettered access to millions of Americans’ data. Kash Patel is in charge of the FBI and can investigate whomever he wants. Pam Bondi can order the Justice Department to seek vengeance against any and all of Trump’s rivals – including me. We have already seen the Justice Department threaten democratic officials for speaking out.
And we need to fight back.
We cannot let Elon’s lies go unanswered. And we certainly cannot turn our backs on Ukraine and our fellow democracies around the world.
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Thank you,
Adam
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