Elon Musk calls for prosecutions of employees over Pentagon leaks to New York Occasions

Tech mogul Elon Musk lashed out at Pentagon employees who allegedly spoke to reporters of the New York Occasions. He acknowledged that the Pentagon employees must be prosecuted. On Friday, the newspaper claimed the billionaire was going to be instructed concerning the US army’s plan in case of a warfare with China.

On microblogging platform X, Musk mentioned, “The New York Occasions is pure propaganda.” He additionally added, “Additionally, I stay up for the prosecutions of these on the Pentagon who’re leaking maliciously false info to the NYT. They are going to be discovered.”

In the meantime, US President Donald Trump additionally denied the allegations in opposition to his closest ally. He clarified it in his put up on Reality Social. He wrote, “China is not going to even be talked about or mentioned.”

Nevertheless, The New York Occasions hasn’t launched any assertion on the problem.

In accordance with Reuters, a US official mentioned that the briefing for Musk can be attended by senior US army officers within the Pentagon. It will be a normal overview on completely different subjects, together with China.

Entry to a extremely secret army plan would considerably develop Musk’s function as a Trump adviser pushing for cuts in US authorities spending.

It will additionally spark issues over conflicts of curiosity, given Musk’s management of Tesla and SpaceX, with enterprise dealings in China and with the Pentagon.

The White Home has beforehand mentioned Musk will recuse himself if any conflicts of curiosity come up between his enterprise dealings and his function in reducing federal authorities spending.

Final week, Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard mentioned she had ordered an investigation into leaks from contained in the intelligence group and can be probing inside chat rooms for any misconduct by staff.

Throughout Trump’s first time period, his administration referred extra media leaks for legal investigation annually than in any of the earlier 15 years, based on information launched in 2021 by the Justice Division to the unbiased watchdog group, Venture on Authorities Oversight, in response to a Freedom of Data Act lawsuit.

(With inputs for Reuters)