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Was this terrorism? Was it something else? It certainly has some of the hallmarks that we might think – the writing on the wall, potential political agenda, an act of violence,
Spencer Evans, the special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI office, said at a press conference
People that get caught sabotaging Teslas will stand a very good chance of going to jail for up to twenty years, and that includes the funders. WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU!!!
Trump also wrote on Truth Social
Be aware of your surroundings at all times and report suspicious activities to the authorities,
the FBI wrote in the statementIndividuals require little planning to use rudimentary tactics, such as improvised incendiary devices and firearms and may perceive these attacks as victimless property crimes,
the FBI saidSaying ‘buy the stock’ is something we can’t think of ever seeing before,
Libowitz said, noting
When I looked at those showrooms burning and those cars… exploding all over the place, these are terrorists,
Trump said in an Oval Office briefingThis is just not done,
Hui Chen, an anti-corruption expert and former federal prosecutor, told CNNIt’s also critical to know that this move would be illegal under the First Step Act, as the law requires the federal government to make sure those convicted of federal crimes are sent to ‘a facility as close as practicable to the prisoner’s primary residence, and to the extent practicable, in a facility within 500 driving miles of that residence,
Eisen told POLITICO in a statement
It’s highly politicized what he’s doing,
Raphling saidThere’s no precedent to send U.S. citizens elsewhere outside the country, to serve sentences in other prisons,
Insha Rahman, the vice president of advocacy at the decades-old criminal justice reform organization Vera Institute of Justice, told POLITICOIn a bit of understatement, they’re pretty awful. They’re, by all accounts, incredibly overcrowded,
said John Raphling, a senior researcher on criminal justice for Human Rights WatchThere would immediately be a legal challenge,
Rahman told POLITICOI’m just saying if we had a legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,
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The idea that you could take Americans who have not been charged with a terrorism offense, let alone convicted of it, and talk about deporting them to a foreign country to serve prison sentences is incredibly chilling,
Lewis said
The FBI is working with our law enforcement partners to investigate a number of incidents in which Tesla charging stations and dealerships were damaged. Incidents have occurred in several states and the FBI is coordinating with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to gather information,
the spokesperson said
If there is coordination (for the vandalism, not the protests), it’s not in the public domain,
John Horgan, the director of Georgia State University’s Violent Extremism Research Group, said in an email.jpg)
I can’t walk past the TV without seeing a Tesla on fire.”
Later that day, Musk also said in a live presentation to the companyThere’s no evidence they’re connected,
said John Lewis, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on ExtremismWhat’s tricky is that unlike previous culture war flashpoint conspiracies, this one seems to have the attention of the Justice Department,
he saidIt's sad to me that they are attacking Tesla, the company, because they disagree with the opinions of an individual,
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