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I listened to your SS expert and he said that there are "myths" out there being oft repeated, but that doesn't necessarily mean that this specific example -- of a documented payout -- is not true. It came from a trusted News source. I know of no reason for Musk to make things up and expect not to get caught.

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Narcissists believe their own lies.

This week, Trump fired the inspector general assigned to USAID after the office released a report detailing the potential consequences of Trump and Musk’s dismantling of the agency. No reason was given for the termination.

This came after the recent mass firings of agency inspectors general. New reports also raise concerns that certain fired IGs — who conduct independent investigations and are not meant to be subject or loyal to the whims of political appointees — were actively investigating matters that could affect Musk’s business interests.

Claiming that DOGE is not subject to FOIA, and that its records are instead subject to the Presidential Records Act, means that the public wouldn’t know the true extent of DOGE and Musk’s influence, power, and destruction until at least 2034.

His space exploration company SpaceX has received over $20 billion from the federal government over the past 15 years, according to federal spending records.

Tesla has received money from the U.S. government, including a loan from the Department of Energy and payments for vehicles given to embassies. Tesla has also benefited from government incentives for electric vehicles.

Loan from the Department of Energy. In 2010, the Department of Energy gave Tesla a $465 million loan to help produce electric vehicles and build a manufacturing facility in Fremont, California.

Federal government contractors are prohibited from making contributions or expenditures, or promising to make any such contribution or expenditure, to any political party, committee, or candidate for federal office, or to any person for any political purpose or use. Trump fiired the head of FEC, the enforcing agency.

Should Musk have to account?

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All that was when Musk was a Democrat. Was it wrong then?

The USAID Inspector General should be fired, for all the fraud that is now coming out.

I don't know whether Musk can be trusted. Trump is a "Reality TV star" who can't keep his mouth shut. I am ready to fire them all! But then, who would clean up this mess? Certainly not those who made it!

Trump has one last chance: Either he will restore our Constitution or he will fall with those who are trying to destroy it. ALL the liars will be held accountable.

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In case you missed ikt, two major righteous prosecusions of Trump were killed and many cases brought by the agencies based on IG investigations either were killed or are in jeopardy.

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FANTASTIC. Maybe bit by bit, there will be a tsunami of kills that isolates Trump and Musk.

I almost wish I were a lawyer now - so many are being employed on a level they never thought would happen.

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Trump was, and is, a "New York businessman." However, just because "he played by the rules," doesn't make it "right." And, just because someone thinks it is "illegal," doesn't make it "wrong." And as Abraham Lincoln said, "It is very doubtful if the majority is ever correct."

Bring it all out! Let Trump bear any shame he deserves.

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Giving classified info away makes him a traitor. The Mar A Lago details should havew been public. A grand jury passed on the indictment.

The fact that he fired the people who were investigating him makes him a criminal.

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You may be correct: Let's not let anyone forget!

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