“He seems to person a adjacent narration with the Saudis and their leadership,” Wyden said. The Saudis “certainly person engaged successful immoderate reprehensible practices and I deliberation the Musk concern involves a precise cautious review.”
From regulators to the White House — Washington is progressively keeping a adjacent oculus connected Musk. President Joe Biden called for a look astatine “foreign investors successful the Twitter deal, portion the Federal Trade Commission issued a sharp warning to the institution aft apical information and privateness officials abruptly near the level pursuing Musk’s purchase. Over the past weekend, Musk and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) exchanged barbed tweets over the platform’s halting rollout of a caller paid subscription work that besides unleashed a question of fake accounts impersonating everyone from celebrities to corporations and politicians.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a subordinate of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has besides called for the Treasury Department’s Committee connected Foreign Investment successful the U.S. to besides analyse the overseas ties successful Musk’s Twitter. However, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — who chairs CFIUS – said there’s “no basis” for specified an investigation.
If the enforcement subdivision fails to act, Murphy has said he’d beryllium “interested” successful moving with Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to commencement a Congressional investigation.
Whether Musk gets summoned to Capitol Hill remains to beryllium seen, and nether what committee’s jurisdiction. But it’s wide that respective Democrats are funny successful proceeding from the world’s richest man.
“We inactive legislate astir here. Maybe helium thinks his wealth and his rima insulate him from accountability. But I’m consenting to trial that out,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
When asked if helium would similar to bring Musk earlier Congress, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said “I deliberation that would beryllium precise interesting.”
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