FBI launches Tesla threats task force [View all]
Source: CNBC
Published Mon, Mar 24 2025 3:24 PM EDT Updated 4 Min Ago
The FBI has launched a new task force to investigate attacks targeting Tesla, the electric vehicle company headed by Trump administration DOGE chief Elon Musk. The announcement of the task force on Monday came hours after a bomb squad found multiple incendiary devices at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, the same city where the company has its headquarters.
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks and vandalism on Tesla properties related to CEO Musk’s DOGE team, which is engaged in a wide-ranging effort to sharply cut federal government spending and staffing.
“The FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional steps to crack down and coordinate our response,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X, the social media site owned by Musk. “This is domestic terrorism,” Patel wrote in that tweet. “Those responsible will be pursued, caught, and brought to justice.”
The New York Post first reported news of the task force. “Can confirm,” FBI spokesman Ben Williamson tweeted in response to The Post’s report. “The FBI has launched a Task Force in conjunction with ATF to coordinate investigative activity and crack down on violent Tesla attacks. More to come.”
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The FBI has launched a new task to investigate attacks targeting Tesla, the electric vehicle company headed by Trump administration DOGE chief Elon Musk.
The announcement of the task force came hours after multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla showroom in Austin, Texas, the city where the company has its headquarters.
The incident was the latest in a series of attacks and vandalism on Tesla properties.
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