Elon Musk, the CEO of X platform, SpaceX, and Tesla, an electric car manufacturer, recently suspended Hillary Clinton for what he called a “campaign hoax” in a tweet from her 2016 campaign.
Musk was responding to a report about “Russiagate” that made news earlier this year, at the same time that he was involved in a “Elongate” scandal of his own.
In a tweet from October 31, 2016, Clinton stated, “Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organisation to a Russian-based bank.” The lengthy memo was written by Jake Sullivan, one of Clinton’s top aides at the time and current national security adviser to President Joe Biden.
Naturally, the tweet was sent out a few days before the November election, in which Clinton was defeated by Donald Trump, the then-GOP presidential nominee.
This may be the closest connection between Donald Trump and Moscow to far, according to Sullivan. It seems that computer scientists have discovered a hidden server that connects the Trump Organisation to a bank with its headquarters in Russia. The answer to the riddle surrounding Trump’s connections to Russia might lie in this covert hotline. The Trump Organisation appears to have thought that it had anything to conceal the link when it was discovered by journalists.”
Musk was asked by an “X” user if he planned to begin cracking down on disproven and false posts.
“@Elton Musk I have reported this tweet to @twitter’s higher authorities as false and deceptive disinformation. If anything was done about this at all when you took over the company, it would be interesting to know. Please advise as soon as possible,” the user commented.
“You’re entirely right. Musk replied, “That tweet is a Clinton campaign hoax for which their campaign lawyer is undergoing a criminal trial.” He then included a link to a BBC article regarding Michael Sussmann’s trial, which is now underway. Sussmann was the campaign lawyer for Clinton in 2016.
Then-special counsel John Durham accused Sussman of lying to the FBI and telling then-general counsel James Baker that he was not representing any clients when he forwarded the fake claim about a link between Kremlin-aligned Alfa Bank and Trump’s company.
A whistleblower case involving a foundation launched by former President Bill Clinton and Hillary was subsequently revived by a U.S. tax judge in the wake of Durham completing his ‘Russiagate’ probe.
Previously, U.S. Tax Court Judge David Gustafson had refused an IRS request to dismiss the whistleblower case, which was initially filed in 2017.
Notably, three years ago, he instructed the tax agency to disclose whether it had conducted a criminal investigation into the foundation. His request was prompted by a puzzling “gap” found in the IRS’s records, raising suspicions and prompting further inquiry, the outlet noted further.