FBI agent sought Elon Musk investigation over DOGE email
The declassified email says officials may have violated blackmail and conflict-of-interest laws, but records do not show prosecutors opened a case.
- On Tuesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley released a declassified February 2025 FBI email in which Special Agent Kevin Gounaud recommended opening a criminal investigation into Elon Musk and OPM officials regarding the government's 'Five Things' directive.
- Gounaud alleged that OPM officials acted 'in conspiracy with Elon Musk' to transmit sensitive government information, arguing Musk's usage of X violated federal blackmail and conflict-of-interest statutes, while drawing parallels to Hillary Clinton's private email server usage.
- Although Gounaud offered to draft the filing, writing he was 'happy to write the case opening and find a prosecutor,' records confirm prosecutors never adopted his legal theories or initiated any criminal case against Musk.
- At a Tuesday hearing, FBI Director Kash Patel faced questioning about agency discipline, as Grassley framed the disclosure as evidence of a pattern where intelligence officials targeted political figures like Donald Trump.
- Grassley's committee noted a potential double standard regarding Musk's special government employee status compared to the Justice Department's handling of Huma Abedin, while records show Gounaud departed the FBI in February 2025 after 21 years of service.
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‘Worse than Watergate’ New FBI files detail agent’s push to join Trump probe, investigate Elon Musk
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a batch of unclassified emails between FBI agents stemming from Operation Crossfire Hurricane, a Justice Department investigation launched during the Obama administration into whether then-presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign was colluding with Russia during the 2016 election.Grassley argued that the email exchanges, which included former FBI Special Agent Kevin Gounaud …
FBI Agent Said 'I'm Not Kidding' About Opening Criminal Matter Over Musk's 'Five Things' Email
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Declassified FBI Email Shows Agent Proposed Criminal Probe of Musk Over Federal Worker Emails
A newly released FBI email shows a former special agent proposed opening a criminal matter involving Elon Musk and Office of Personnel Management officials over ... The post Declassified FBI Email Shows Agent Proposed Criminal Probe of Musk Over Federal Worker Emails first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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