{"id":2413270,"date":"2025-03-14T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-opens-investigation-into-tesla-vandalism-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:13:01","slug":"bondi-opens-investigation-into-tesla-vandalism-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bondi-opens-investigation-into-tesla-vandalism-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi opens investigation into Tesla vandalism &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fbondi-opens-investigation-into-tesla-vandalism-washington-examiner%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=2413270&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--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bondi opens investigation into Tesla vandalism<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1998602\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Pam Bondi<\/a> announced that the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> had opened an investigation into multiple acts of vandalism against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tesla<\/a> dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For nearly two months, Elon Musk&rsquo;s electric vehicle company has been targeted by violent demonstrators outraged over the work he is doing as leader of the Department of Government Efficiency. In at least fifteen incidents across the country, vandals have destroyed or damaged vehicles, opened gunfire at dealerships, and left Nazi slurs, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/conormurray\/2025\/03\/14\/tesla-boycotts-turn-violent-reports-of-vandalism-and-worse-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a> analysis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3347497\/new-york-david-depietro-halt-act-repeal-hochul-prison-guard-strike\/\">New York lawmaker demands HALT Act be repealed after Hochul fired 2,000 prison guards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3345384\/court-filing-federal-reserve-powell-musk-doge\/\">Court filing sows doubt on Fed&#8217;s claim they had &#8216;no contact&#8217; with DOGE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3345064\/trump-administration-duel-mahmoud-khalil-lawyers-over-where-case-should-be-heard\/\">&#8203;&#8203;Trump administration set to duel with Mahmoud Khalil&#8217;s lawyers over where case should be heard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During a Fox News interview Friday, Bondi revealed the DOJ is embarking on an effort to crack down on the anti-DOGE activists, warning&nbsp;&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re going to touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we&rsquo;re coming after you.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One suspect who has already been arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails and shooting at a Tesla dealership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wboy.com\/news\/oregon-man-accused-of-throwing-molotov-cocktails-shooting-at-tesla-dealership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">on two separate occasions<\/a> in Salem, Oregon is facing 20 years in prison, Bondi said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters in front of a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The investigation comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3345923\/house-doge-subcommittee-investigation-attacks-tesla-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House DOGE subcommittee <\/a>Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called on Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to investigate a &ldquo;wave of organized attacks&rdquo; targeting Musk&rsquo;s company.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Who is behind it? Who is funding it? Is there a link with Democrat-leaning NGOs? We look forward to exposing these terrorists and bringing them to justice!&rdquo; Greene said.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has claimed the protests are being orchestrated by Indivisible and four other professional partisan organizations funded by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3342984\/what-is-going-on-with-actblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> ActBlue<\/a>, a powerful Democratic fundraising machine under congressional investigation for fraudulent and illicit financial activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla &ldquo;protests&rdquo;: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise &amp; Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1898369343399899218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3342984\/what-is-going-on-with-actblue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">WHAT&rsquo;S GOING ON WITH ACTBLUE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3332899\/musk-warning-anti-doge-eruptions-gop-town-halls-george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Indivisible<\/a> is an organization with links to left-wing billionaire George Soros that has dedicated itself to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1W0J4ZqFN40-9oNeRZXNqH3O6brlBwJWWKVGf15dSdGc\/preview?tab=t.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">organizing anti-Tesla campaigns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Tesla violence and protests are not isolated to the United States, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3336994\/tesla-targeted-violence-protests-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">France and Germany<\/a> have seen similar activity in response to Musk&rsquo;s vocal support of right-wing European political parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1998602\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1998602\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bondi opens investigation into Tesla vandalism Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into multiple acts of vandalism against Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations.\u00a0 For nearly two months, Elon Musk\u2019s electric vehicle company has been targeted by violent demonstrators outraged over the work he is doing as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2413271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tesla-dealership.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tesla-dealership.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}