{"id":2018162,"date":"2023-08-31T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-under-federal-investigation-by-doj\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:07:14","slug":"tesla-under-federal-investigation-by-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-under-federal-investigation-by-doj\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Investigating Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">6<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftesla-under-federal-investigation-by-doj%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018162&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">  (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images \u2063for The Met Museum\/Vogue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\">Abril Elfi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:03 AM \u2013 Thursday, \u2062August 31, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>Multinational automotive\u2064 and clean energy company\u200b Tesla is facing federal investigations over its mysterious \u201cProject 42,\u201d which was believed to involve building \u2064a \u2064glass \u200chouse for\u200c CEO \u200dElon \u2062Musk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors disclosed on Wednesday that they are looking into Tesla\u2019s \u201cProject 42\u201d\u2063 to see whether funds were \u200bbeing used for Musk\u2019s personal benefit and, if not, what the money was actually being used\u2063 for.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, in July, the \u200dproject described plans to build a glass building near Tesla\u2019s gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and \u2063was internally \u200drumored to be a residence \u200cfor the Tesla CEO. <\/p>\n<p>The blueprint appeared to be for \u200ba \u201cdramatic glass-walled building,\u201d with design concepts showing \u200dvarious forms and special features, including \u2062residential amenities such as bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The project came under \u200dexamination within the \u200dlast year when an order for a unique\u200b type of glass was placed as part of the building-planning activities.<\/p>\n<p>According to press reports, the internal investigation into the order had targeted Omead \u200dAfshar, an executive \u200drunning\u200b Tesla\u2019s Texas manufacturing. <\/p>\n<p>The publication \u2063released on \u200cWednesday reported \u200cthat federal prosecutors\u200c were looking for \u2064more information related to internal communications with Afshar, who was said to be involved in purchasing the construction materials.<\/p>\n<p>They are also reportedly looking into Musk\u2019s involvement in the project and the amount of time that\u200c was put into\u200c it. <\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is not clear if \u201cProject 42\u201d is still\u200c in the works, or\u2064 if the\u200c glass was ever \u200ddelivered. <\/p>\n<p>Stay\u200c informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to\u2063 your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week \u2014 headlines are dominated by the wake of Hurricane Idalia, Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign seeing just shy of $10M in donations\u00a0since the\u2063 release of \u2062his Georgia Mugshot, and Senate Minority\u200b Leader Mitch McConnell \u2062freezing \u2062up\u200b in yet \u2062another press conference.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former transgender influencer and author, Oli London, cautions against the \u2063transgender movement \u200cfor the youth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mitch \u200dMcConnell makes the case why he \u2064shouldn\u2019t \u2063retire while \u2062Blake Masters could still \u200cbe trying to join him\u200b in the Senate GOP.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>45th President Donald Trump has been scheduled to be \u2063arraigned in Fulton County, \u200bGeorgia on Friday, September 6th. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Josh Ye and Urvi Manoj Dugar\u2062 (Reuters) -At least three \u2062Chinese tech firms including Baidu, Baichuan\u2062 Intelligent Technology and Zhipu AI\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese artificial\u2062 intelligence (AI) firms \u2063Baichuan Intelligent Technology and Zhipu AI on Thursday opened their \u200cAI large \u2064language\u2062 models\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Alphabet\u2019s \u2063Google said on \u2063Wednesday it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boj-policymaker-nakamura-warns-against-premature-monetary-tightening\/\" title=\"BOJ policymaker Nakamura cautions against early monetary tightening.\">introduced generative artificial intelligence<\/a> to its Search tool for users in\u200b India and Japan\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Zaheer Kachwala\u2064 (Reuters) -Salesforce raised its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-closes-little-changed-on-fed-policy-fears\/\" title=\"Wall Street closes little changed on Fed policy fears\">annual revenue forecast<\/a> on Wednesday \u200cand projected quarterly sales above estimates as it \u200cbenefits from\u2026\u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>investigating Tesla&#8217;s &#8220;Project 42,&#8221; a secretive endeavor suspected to be the construction of a glass house for CEO Elon Musk. 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