Secret Service investigating Elon Musk’s X post about assassination threats, reports
The White House condemned Musk’s post: “Violence should only be condemned, never encouraged or joked about. This rhetoric is irresponsible.”
Musk, who owns X and is Tesla’s chief executive, is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $259.6 billion, according to our latest estimates.
Musk endorsed Trump in the upcoming presidential election after an assassination attempt against Trump in July and later hosted the former president in an interview on X.
Trump was the target of another attempted assassination Sunday at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump announced earlier this month he would install Musk as the head of a new “government efficiency commission,” which Trump said will be tasked with “conducting a complete financial and performance audit” of the federal government, if elected to a second term. Musk has criticised Biden and Harris in recent months through posts on X and has engaged in other posts about conspiracy theories, including false claims the Biden administration allows undocumented immigrants to vote in elections.
The Secret Service has investigated other threats in the past stemming from lyrics, social media posts or comedy routines. In 2017, the agency investigated Marshall Mathers—known as Eminem—for lyrics that appeared to be threats against Trump in his album “Revival,” though the Secret Service declined to take action.
