FBI Agent Sought Criminal Investigation of Elon Musk Over Federal Employee “Five Things” Email, Grassley-Released Record Shows
- An FBI agent in 2025 recommended opening a criminal investigation into Elon Musk for allegedly encouraging federal employees to share sensitive information via social media platform X, which Musk owns.
- The agent compared Musk's use of X for official government communications to Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State and suggested this may have violated federal laws.
- Senator Chuck Grassley released the email during a 2026 Senate hearing, criticizing political targeting by law enforcement and highlighting perceived double standards involving Special Government Employees.
- Despite the agent's recommendation, no investigation into Musk was initiated, and Musk left the Department of Government Efficiency three months after the email.
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WOW! Sen. Chuck Grassley just dropped a bombshell email that an FBI agent pushed to CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE Elon Musk after the DOGE email asking federal employees to answer 5 things they got done that week
The incident happened in February 2025: "That person, in conspiracy with Elon Musk, in addition to wasting a colossal amount of official time, encouraged, abetted, aided, etc. thousands if not tens of thousands, of government employees...
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Newly Released Email: FBI Agent Sought to Criminally Investigate Elon Musk Over Demand That Government Officials List 5 Things They Accomplished › American Greatness
An FBI special agent sought to criminally investigate Elon Musk when he led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over Musk’s demand that government officials […] Source
FBI agent sought Elon Musk investigation over DOGE email
An FBI agent sought to open a criminal investigation into SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in February last year after federal employees were asked, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency, to list “five things” they accomplished during the previous week, according to records Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) obtained from the bureau released […]
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