Dem Senators Request Probe Into Musk's Alleged Russia Calls

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-16 18:07:19 | Updated at 2024-11-23 17:14:04 6 days ago

Dem Senators Request Probe Into Musk's Alleged Russia Calls
Newsmax ^ | November 15, 2024 | Rooters

Posted on 11/16/2024 9:59:27 AM PST by Navy Patriot

Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated by the Pentagon and law-enforcement agencies on national-security grounds, two senior Democrat senators said in a letter seen by Reuters on Friday.

Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees billions of dollars in Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts as CEO of aerospace company SpaceX.

New Hampshire Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a senior Foreign Relations Committee member, and Senate Armed Services Committee chair Jack Reed, D-R.I., told U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Pentagon's inspector general that Musk's involvement in those SpaceX programs should be probed for potential debarment and exclusion after reports as recent as October of his conversations with Russian officials.

Debarment refers to exclusion from certain contracts and privileges.

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1 posted on 11/16/2024 9:59:27 AM PST by Navy Patriot

To: Navy Patriot

Here we go again! The RAT azhos starting their insurrection booschidt again. Somebody needs to probe the democRATS to find out if they are really illegal aliens from outer space.

2 posted on 11/16/2024 10:01:24 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (It's great to hear the illegal aliens saying that Trump isn't their president. Easier to Deport!)

To: Navy Patriot

Jack Reed is one of the most unpleasant Senators. Ugh.

3 posted on 11/16/2024 10:03:55 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)

To: Navy Patriot

Gee, where did we see this before? It ain’t gonna work this time.

4 posted on 11/16/2024 10:05:00 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)

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