{"id":2415020,"date":"2025-03-25T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-launches-task-force-to-investigate-attacks-targeting-tesla-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:53:32","slug":"fbi-launches-task-force-to-investigate-attacks-targeting-tesla-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-launches-task-force-to-investigate-attacks-targeting-tesla-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI launches task force to investigate attacks targeting Tesla &#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\">24<\/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%2Ffbi-launches-task-force-to-investigate-attacks-targeting-tesla-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=2415020&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>The FBI has initiated a task force too investigate a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-says-impeachment-and-25th-amendment-resolutions-will-be-brought-to-the-house-floor-starting-monday\/\" title=\"Pelosi Says Impeachment and 25th Amendment Resolutions Will Be Brought to the House Floor Starting Monday\">violent attacks<\/a> targeting Tesla vehicles and showrooms. This task force will collaborate with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to address what FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi have labeled as &#8220;domestic terrorism.&#8221; The FBI is responding to an uptick in vandalism and arson incidents against Tesla, with reports indicating at least 80 acts of vandalism and 10 incidents at dealerships. three individuals have already been charged in connection with recent vandalism against Tesla properties. These attacks appear to be linked to Elon Musk&#8217;s increasing prominence within the Trump administration and his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">controversial political affiliations<\/a>, which have sparked protests and backlash not only in the U.S. but also in Europe. Musk has shown support for right-wing parties, further aggravating tensions.  <\/p>\n<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\">FBI launches task force to investigate attacks targeting Tesla<\/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_2062270\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The FBI launched a task force to investigate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3336994\/tesla-targeted-violence-protests-elon-musk-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">recent attacks on Tesla cars and showrooms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new task force will work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_WilliamsonBen\/status\/1904250489673540090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">crack down<\/a>&rdquo; on the violent attacks. FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi have called the actions &ldquo;domestic terrorism.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3358021\/columbia-student-protester-yunseo-chung-sue-trump-administration-ice\/\">Columbia student protester sues Trump administration while evading ICE arrest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3357775\/doj-bondi-invoke-state-secrets-privilege-boasberg-deportation-flights\/\">DOJ invoking state secrets privilege to deny Boasberg information in deportation case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3357470\/appeals-court-divided-alien-enemies-act-venezuelan-migrants-case\/\">Appeals court appears divided on Trump&rsquo;s use of Alien Enemies Act in Venezuelan migrants case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional steps to crack down and coordinate our response,&rdquo; Patel<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1904253808374649020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> wrote <\/a>on social media on Monday. &ldquo;This is domestic terrorism. Those responsible will be pursued, caught, and brought to justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Justice is coming,&rdquo; Dan Bongino, the bureau&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joe-biden-slips-and-refers-to-kamala-harris-as-president-elect-saying-quiet-part-out-loud\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joe Biden Slips and Refers to Kamala Harris as \u2018President-Elect\u2019\u2026 Saying \u2018Quiet Part\u2019 Out Loud\u2019?\">deputy director<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDDBongino\/status\/1904260879203397914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote on social<\/a> media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, who owns Tesla and is serving as the de-facto head of the Trump administration&rsquo;s Department of Government Efficiency, replied to Bongino&rsquo;s post with fire emojis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bondi announced last week that the Justice Department<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3354196\/bondi-charges-tesla-vandalism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> charged three people<\/a> over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3352155\/elon-musk-shocked-violence-threats-tesla-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vandalism<\/a> of Tesla properties. They were arrested at the scene while vandalizing Tesla vehicles, charging stations, or dealerships &mdash; each faces charges carrying five to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>There have been at least 80 reports of vandalism or arson of Tesla vehicles and 10 reports of vandalism at Tesla dealerships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3228769\/elon-musk-government-role-ethical-conundrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>ELON MUSK&rsquo;S NEW GOVERNMENT ROLE COULD RAISE ETHICAL CONUNDRUMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Tesla attacks came in response to Musk&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-biden-administrations-social-media-censorship-efforts\/\" title=\"Supreme Court permits Biden&#039;s temporary social media censorship efforts.\">increasingly influential role<\/a> in the Trump White House.<\/p>\n<p>Protests against Musk are not isolated to the United States. Other protests, including vandalism against Tesla, have occurred in Europe following the DOGE leader&rsquo;s support of right-wing political parties on the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2062270\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062270\"}});<\/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>FBI forms task force to probe attacks on Tesla vehicles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2415021,"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-protest.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50645,8327,34511,6734],"class_list":["post-2415020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fbi-2","tag-investigations","tag-task-force","tag-tesla"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tesla-protest.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415020","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2415020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415024,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415020\/revisions\/2415024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}