{"id":5468,"date":"2025-02-11T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musks-business-empire-scores-benefits-under-trump-shake-up\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:18:33","slug":"elon-musks-business-empire-scores-benefits-under-trump-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/elon-musks-business-empire-scores-benefits-under-trump-shake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk\u2019s vast business empire is already benefiting \u2014 or is now in a decidedly better position to benefit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk, the world\u2019s richest man who has been given enormous power by the president, have been dismantling federal agencies across the government. Mr. Trump has fired top officials and pushed out career employees. Many of them were leading investigations, enforcement matters or lawsuits pending against Mr. Musk\u2019s companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk has also reaped the benefit of resignations by Biden-era regulators that flipped control of major regulatory agencies, leaving more sympathetic Republican appointees overseeing those lawsuits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At least 11 federal agencies that have been affected by those moves have more than 32 continuing investigations, pending complaints or enforcement actions into Mr. Musk\u2019s six companies, according to a review by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The events of the past few weeks have thrown into question the progress and outcomes of many of those pending investigations into his companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The inquiries include the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s fines of SpaceX for safety violations and a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit pressing Mr. Musk to pay the federal government perhaps as much as $150 million, accusing him of having violated federal securities law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On its own, the National Labor Relations Board, an independent watchdog agency for workers\u2019 rights, has 24 investigations into Mr. Musk\u2019s companies, according to the review by The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Since January, Mr. Trump has fired three officials at that agency, including a board member, effectively stalling the board\u2019s ability to rule on cases. Until Mr. Trump nominates new members, cases that need a ruling by the board cannot move forward, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a public database shows <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerfinance.gov\/data-research\/consumer-complaints\/search\/?company=Tesla%2C%20Inc.&amp;dateRange=3y&amp;date_received_max=2025-02-08&amp;date_received_min=2022-02-08&amp;page=1&amp;searchField=all&amp;size=25&amp;sort=created_date_desc&amp;tab=List\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of complaints about the electric car company Tesla<\/a>, mostly concerning debt collection or loan problems. The agency has now effectively been put out of commission, at least temporarily, by the Trump administration, which has ordered its staff to put a hold on all investigations. The bureau also is an agency that would have regulated Mr. Musk\u2019s new efforts to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/technology\/x-visa-financial-services.html\" title=\"\">bring a payments service to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCFPB RIP,\u201d Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1887979940269666769\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote in a social media<\/a> post last week as the Trump administration moved to close down the bureau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk not only has numerous contracts that are overseen by multiple government agencies \u2014 including space, media, financial securities and highway safety. He and his team also have an extraordinary position created by Mr. Trump that allows him to review the spending and staffing of every department in the executive branch through his cost-cutting initiative called the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/musk-federal-government.html\" title=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Traditional federal conflict of interest rules seem almost antiquated, if Mr. Musk is determined to be involved in specific decisions about agencies his companies do business with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That is why Mr. Musk\u2019s role is so concerning to former White House ethics lawyers in Democratic and Republican administrations alike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">None of the investigations or lawsuits involving Mr. Musk and his companies, at least so far, have formally been dropped since the start of the new administration, according to more than a dozen current and former federal officials interviewed by The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Times also found no evidence that Mr. Musk directly ordered that an investigation into one of his companies be shut down or stalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The shifts at the agencies in many cases reflect changes in national priorities that come with a president who has long complained that government regulation has been too aggressive, a view widely held in the business community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the upheaval at federal agencies represents one of the first tests of a wide range of conflicts of interest Mr. Musk has brought to the White House, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/20\/us\/politics\/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html\" title=\"\">including 100 contracts with 17 federal agencies.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk controls six companies, including Tesla, which is publicly traded. He is the founder of the rocket company SpaceX; the artificial intelligence <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/31\/technology\/elon-musk-xai-valuation.html\" title=\"\">start-up xAI<\/a>; the Boring Company, a tunneling venture; and Neuralink, which is developing brain computer implants.<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>All of those are private. He also owns the social media platform X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk\u2019s companies secured $13 billion in contracts over the past five years, making SpaceX, which collects most of that money, one of the biggest government contractors. There is already talk during the Trump administration of expanding these deals, particularly at the Air Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk has had a long and contentious relationship with regulators of his companies. He has called the S.E.C. \u201cbastards,\u201d and SpaceX has sued the N.L.R.B., arguing it\u2019s \u201cunconstitutional\u201d after the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/03\/business\/spacex-elon-musk-nlrb-workers.html\" title=\"\">agency had alleged<\/a> that the company had mistreated and illegally fired some workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf the rules are such that you can\u2019t make progress, than you have to fight the rules,\u201d Mr. Musk said in an authorized biography published in 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Democrats in Congress, and outside lawyers who specialize in government contracting and ethics, have questioned Mr. Musk\u2019s position, saying that they cannot identify a time in American history when a corporate executive with so many regulatory matters, as well as billions of dollars in federal contracts, has had such power over government operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMr. Musk\u2019s dual roles \u2014 running a for-profit corporation while serving in public office \u2014 not only creates glaring conflicts of interest that pose grave risks for America\u2019s most sacred institutions, but may also violate federal law,\u201d Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat who is the ranking member of a Senate investigations panel, wrote in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-02-05-Letter-from-Blumenthal-to-Tesla.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a letter to Tesla\u2019s general counsel<\/a> and board chairman this month. Mr. Blumenthal sought answers as to how the company is dealing with the apparent conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump, speaking with reporters before he attended the Super Bowl on Sunday, said Mr. Musk is \u201cnot gaining anything\u201d in the role. White House officials last week added that it is up to Mr. Musk to police his own actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf Elon Musk comes across a conflict of interest with the contracts and the funding that DOGE is overseeing, then Elon will excuse himself from those contracts,\u201d the White House press secretary, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/transcript-editor\/shared\/Uv57V3MEzezqS5OIAhQORR5pVQLPvadK1qGmmL-FYbfJ-v1dE3BopJtPMa55QLy5Z1ULzWHPyqPSldMAYSQUeCM6V70?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&amp;ts=1448.64\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Karoline Leavitt, said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk, his companies and a spokeswoman for the Department of Government Efficiency did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5098bc37\">SpaceX, Tesla and Safety<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/nextspaceflight.com\/launches\/details\/6944\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX\u2019s launch<\/a> of its Falcon Heavy rocket in July 2023 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida gained little national attention, but in its own way it was historic: The company was putting a 10-ton satellite, the largest ever sent into what is called geostationary orbit, 22,000 miles above earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To the public, the launch went off without a hitch, but behind the scenes a conflict between SpaceX and the F.A.A. had been playing out, documents show. The agency had told SpaceX as the countdown to the launch was underway that a new facility SpaceX had built to fill the rocket engines with fuel had not yet passed all the required safety checks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">SpaceX went ahead anyway. The F.A.A. proposed a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/faa-proposes-633009-civil-penalties-against-spacex\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">$283,009 fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That move, along with a second proposed fine from the F.A.A., infuriated Mr. Musk, who had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpaceX\/status\/1836765012855287937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1836765012855287937%7Ctwgr%5E814d0e9f7c25f0251b3673e4042acfa813d0b33c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fspacex-letter-congress-contest-faa-fines\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">called the enforcement action<\/a> unjustified and \u201cimproper, politically-motivated behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk later demanded the resignation of the agency\u2019s head, Michael G. Whitaker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/warren-presses-musk-for-answers-on-his-role-in-resignation-of-faa-administrator\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">got his wish<\/a> when Mr. Whitaker, a lawyer with decades of experience in the aviation industry, resigned on the last day of the Biden administration, even though he had been unanimously <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/24\/us\/politics\/michael-whitaker-faa-confirmation.html\" title=\"\">confirmed only in late 2023<\/a> to a five-year term, with bipartisan support in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">With Mr. Trump back in the White House, Mr. Musk\u2019s allies saw an opening to revoke the proposed F.A.A. fines and also to force the agency, which is charged under law with ensuring that rocket launches do not endanger the public or cause undue harm to the environment, to speed up its SpaceX approvals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The confirmation hearing last month of Sean Duffy for transportation secretary created a moment to ask for the fine to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf confirmed, will you commit to reviewing these penalties and more broadly to curtailing bureaucratic overreach and accelerating launch approvals at F.A.A.\u2019s Commercial Space Office?\u201d asked Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, where SpaceX is moving its headquarters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Duffy, who has since been confirmed, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/transcript-editor\/shared\/wmO8TQVmk18SI4V5jqqhE1y3ZxqhE7Y6NrNIk0OtoVNLaapSnHOcVy23Xg0HHH6LhPQvpsMcon3G5xTlkgUwH47nLJQ?loadFrom=PastedDeeplink&amp;ts=9690.45\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">replied<\/a>: \u201cI commit to doing a review and working with you and following up on the space launches and what\u2019s been happening at the F.A.A. with regard to the launches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Katie Thomson, who recently left the agency where she served as deputy administrator and previously chief of staff, said she found Mr. Musk\u2019s involvement as a federal government official \u201cvery troubling\u201d given what she called Mr. Musk\u2019s clear conflicts of interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe F.A.A.\u2019s actions are supposed to be driven by safety,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials at the F.A.A.\u2019s Commercial Space division, which directly regulates SpaceX launches, said in a statement to The Times that it had not seen any recent cuts in its staff of approximately 160 and that the standards it uses to evaluate SpaceX permit requests had not changed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even seemingly small staff changes could benefit Mr. Musk\u2019s multibillion-dollar business operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The full-time Fish &amp; Wildlife Agency wildlife biologist assigned to help monitor the federal lands near the SpaceX launch site for any damage to threatened species\u2019 habitats after launches recently was transferred to a post elsewhere in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe service is currently covering the workload with existing staff,\u201d the agency said when asked about the transfer by The Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">This response was derided by local environmentalists, who said that they have relied on the agency to help protect nearby coastal estuaries, considered some of the most important bird habitats in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat is happening is more or less a capitulation \u2014 they are tiptoeing around because of Trump and Musk,\u201d said Jim Chapman, leader of a South Texas community group called Save RGV, short for Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6170a1fc\">Shifts at the S.E.C. and F.E.C.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Changes in leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission, which <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/files\/litigation\/complaints\/2025\/comp26219.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sued Mr. Musk<\/a> in January shortly before Mr. Trump returned to the White House, will almost certainly result in an outcome more beneficial for Mr. Musk, lawyers involved in the case said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The S.E.C. determined that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/enforcement-litigation\/litigation-releases\/lr-26219\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Musk underpaid by at least $150 million<\/a> for the Twitter stock he purchased in 2022 before moving to formally take over the company because he illegally failed to file a disclosure on time that he had already purchased 5 percent of the company. If that notice had been filed, the stock would almost certainly have risen in value and cost him more to acquire, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk called the agency a \u201ctotally broken organization,\u201d in <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1879322286291054653?s=46\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">response to a post on X<\/a> regarding the S.E.C.\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk, for months, repeatedly rebuffed efforts by agency investigators to interview him, agreeing only a few months before the end of the Biden administration to answer questions in person, delaying the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agency is overseen by a five-member commission, which must sign off on litigation and settlements. The two Republicans objected to the planned lawsuit, but they were in the minority at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, with the departures of two Democrats, Republicans have a majority, and two lawyers who have participated in the deliberations said they expect that the matter will be settled with a modest fine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s effort last week to remove the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission also could affect Mr. Musk. The agency has received several <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/endcitizensunited.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/20240813135304431.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">complaints<\/a> involving Mr. Musk, including <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/elon-musk-violated-campaign-finance-law-complaint-to-fec\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one<\/a> from Public Citizen, a nonprofit group, saying that he violated federal law by offering voters in swing states $1 million each \u201cto encourage voter registration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The agency\u2019s chairwoman, Ellen Weintraub, a Democrat, has challenged Mr. Trump\u2019s effort to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EllenLWeintraub\/status\/1887648967300694270\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">remove her.<\/a> If her seat were empty, it would be less likely that the four remaining members of the commission would agree to open any new investigation or approve settlements, said Daniel Weiner, a former lawyer at the agency, as any such move requires four votes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-bc37cd5\">Workers\u2019 Rights<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At two federal watchdog agencies for workers, the actions by Mr. Trump have a clear effect on Mr. Musk\u2019s business empire, as well as countless other companies that have matters before them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-14\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The firings at the agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, mean neither has a quorum on its board to decide cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the many N.L.R.B. investigations involves Mr. Musk\u2019s companies sweeping job cuts in 2022 at his social media platform X, then called Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Twitter employees at the time banded together to talk about what was going on at work, on Slack software and on the messaging app Signal. Twitter tried to get ahold of the communications and even surveilled some employees, according to copies of the N.L.R.B. charges obtained through public records requests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The matter is being reviewed by N.L.R.B. staff, but the board\u2019s current construct could trouble its path forward or prevent a decision against X from being enforced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even if Mr. Trump replaces the absent board member, that would be likely to significantly shift the balance of the board more Republican, according to four people familiar with the agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-15\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer representing the Twitter workers, said she is worried that the changes at the N.L.R.B. could affect those specific charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf I were a betting person, this is not exactly where I\u2019m hanging my hat today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2023, the E.E.O.C. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/newsroom\/eeoc-sues-tesla-racial-harassment-and-retaliation\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">separately sued Tesla,<\/a> alleging widespread and \u201congoing racial harassment of its Black employees\u201d and retaliation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The litigation has been a thorn in Tesla\u2019s side. Last year, a judge ruled against the company\u2019s move to dismiss the lawsuit despite the company\u2019s argument that \u201cBlack workers can and do thrive at Tesla.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the case is moving forward, Mr. Trump is expected to appoint new commissioners, representing a shift in the agency\u2019s approach to workers\u2019 rights and a potential dismissal of the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for the E.E.O.C. said the agency would not comment on current litigation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5b10ed7e\">Fired Watchdogs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his first week, Mr. Trump fired at least 17 inspectors general, who are charged with investigating waste and corruption within their own agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-16\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The mass firing \u2014 a move that may have violated federal law \u2014 may benefit Mr. Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the dismissed inspectors general was Phyllis Fong at the Agriculture Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her agency had opened an investigation in 2022 into Mr. Musk\u2019s brain implant start-up, Neuralink, and the inquiry was in progress as of late last year, according to two people familiar with it. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/usda-inspector-general-escorted-out-her-office-after-defying-white-house-2025-01-29\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters reported last month<\/a> that the investigation was continuing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, Mr. Musk posted <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1867357433493872874?s=46\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a letter from his lawyer<\/a> on X that claimed that the S.E.C. had also reopened an investigation into Neuralink.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both investigations arose after a nonprofit, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, discovered through a public records lawsuit in 2021 that Neuralink had allegedly mistreated dozens of test monkeys, Ryan Merkley, the nonprofit\u2019s director of research advocacy, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey suffered from infections, internal bleeding and there were surgical mistakes that were made where devices that were screwed to the skull came loose,\u201d Mr. Merkley said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-17\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Musk has denied the mistreatment of monkeys at Neuralink, and the company was not cited after a U.S.D.A. review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The U.S.D.A. inspector general\u2019s office didn\u2019t return requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Monday, Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oge.gov\/web\/oge.nsf\/News%20Releases\/FCCCCDB6367A7C0A85258C2D00683079?opendocument\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics,<\/a> an independent agency. The office had pending requests to investigate Mr. Musk based on allegations raised by Democrats in Congress <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/ross.house.gov\/_cache\/files\/b\/7\/b73e22b7-cb95-42d2-8ff7-e4eb5a3151f1\/7D7EEB40C4C345844710558A4A3F5022.musk-letter-final-2.7.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a> that Mr. Musk\u2019s role as a federal government official creates an unavoidable conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The letter, signed by 12 House Democrats, said: \u201cThe American people deserve assurances that no individual, regardless of stature, is permitted to influence policy for personal gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Jessica Silver-Greenberg<!-- --> and <!-- -->Aaron Krolik<!-- --> contributed reporting. <!-- -->Kirsten Noyes<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async 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