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Tesla Inc. (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk escalated his public spat with President Donald Trump after an investigation by the FBI and the Justice Department revealed that deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list.”
According to a memo obtained by Axios, the FBI and DOJ said they have not found any evidence of a “client list” maintained by Epstein.
In a post on social media platform X, Musk called out the Trump administration for failing to make a single arrest so far in the Epstein investigation. “What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again,” he said.
Musk also seemed to imply that the reason there have been no arrests so far is likely because “both sides were guilty.”
The Tesla CEO expressed his anger in another post, mocking the Trump administration’s statements so far in the Epstein investigation.
This comes after the Trump administration previously pointed to progress in the Epstein investigation – earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi hinted that an alleged “client list” was on her desk.
The Justice Department also called conservative influencers to the White House earlier this year and distributed binders containing information about the investigation – however, it later turned out that much of this information was in the public domain already.
Later in May, Pondi told reporters at the White House that “There are tens of thousands of videos of Epstein with children or child porn.”
Amid his ongoing spat with President Trump, Musk also said he will launch The America Party, seeking to bag enough seats to bring either a Democrat or a Republican-led government in line.
However, this resulted in a sharp decline in the Tesla stock, which was down nearly 8% in Monday’s opening trade. Retail sentiment on Stocktwits has been in the ‘bearish’ territory over the past week.
TSLA’s stock has declined over 28% year-to-date, but it is up nearly 15% in the past 12 months.
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