{"id":126831,"date":"2024-11-17T08:55:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126831"},"modified":"2024-11-17T08:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:55:52","slug":"democratic-senators-call-for-probe-into-musks-alleged-contact-with-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126831","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senators call for probe into Musk&#8217;s alleged contact with Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk&#8217;s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The lawmakers have urged the Pentagon and Justice Department to determine whether Musk&#8217;s alleged relations with a US adversary while holding major government contracts puts national security at risk.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the world&#8217;s richest person has had &#8220;multiple, high level conversations&#8221; with Putin since 2022, which the Kremlin has denied. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk wrote on his X platform on Friday that he&#8217;s &#8220;going to find out who&#8217;s making these accusations and nuke them&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The two Democrats &#8211; Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior Democrat on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees sent a <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shaheen.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/241115lettertoigdoj.pdf\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<!-- --><\/a> on Friday to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Defence Department Inspector General Robert Storch raising &#8220;serious questions regarding Mr Musk\u2019s reliability as a government contractor and a [security] clearance holder&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The multi-billionaire claims to hold a top-secret level clearance and his SpaceX company &#8211; one of the main contractors to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) &#8211; is deeply embedded in the federal government&#8217;s defence and intelligence infrastructure.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Russia\u2019s ambitions in the space domain pose a direct threat to US national security,&#8221; the senators wrote.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Reed and Shaheen noted that, unlike others with high-level security clearance, Musk does not appear to report his contacts with foreign government officials.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They pointed to Musk&#8217;s alleged communications with Putin&#8217;s deputy chief of staff, Sergei Kiriyenko. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Justice Department has said that Kiriyenko and other top officials were involved in an effort to seed <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-disrupts-covert-russian-government-sponsored-foreign-malign-influence\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Kremlin propaganda on social media<!-- --><\/a>, including on the Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) platform to reducing international support for Ukraine and influence voters in the US presidential election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk, who backed Trump&#8217;s successful 2024 election bid with millions of dollars, was picked by the president-elect earlier this week to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He has also participated in the incoming president&#8217;s diplomatic efforts.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Musk joined Trump&#8217;s calls over the past week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, as well as a meeting with Argentinian President Javier Milei at Trump&#8217;s Florida home.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The BBC&#8217;s US partner, CBS News, reported on Friday that Musk recently <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0mzk7e31pjo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">visited the residence of Iran&#8217;s United Nations ambassador<!-- --><\/a> in New York.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It is not clear if Trump or his national security team were aware of the meeting.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Washington does not have diplomatic relations with Tehran and Iran&#8217;s foreign minister denied on Saturday that any such meeting had taken place.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy0l3wl76gzo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk&#8217;s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides. 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