{"id":2665688,"date":"2026-09-20T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-kidding-fbi-agent-wanted-to-charge-elon-musk-for-asking-federal-workers-what-they-did-that-week\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:35:27","slug":"im-not-kidding-fbi-agent-wanted-to-charge-elon-musk-for-asking-federal-workers-what-they-did-that-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-kidding-fbi-agent-wanted-to-charge-elon-musk-for-asking-federal-workers-what-they-did-that-week\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Not Kidding&#8217;: FBI Agent Wanted to Charge Elon Musk for Asking Federal Workers What They Did That Week"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fim-not-kidding-fbi-agent-wanted-to-charge-elon-musk-for-asking-federal-workers-what-they-did-that-week%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=2665688&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>An FBI special agent raised concerns about Elon Musk, alleging that his activities on the social media platform X-such as promoting Dogecoin and discussing government initiatives-could constitute criminal acts, similar to Hillary Clinton&#8217;s use of a private email server. The agent suggested that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management&#8217;s weekly employee accomplishments reports might be minor offenses. He also accused Musk of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-republicans-unveil-bill-taking-aim-at-rep-george-santos\/\" title=\"New York Republicans Unveil Bill Taking Aim at Rep. George Santos\">violating federal laws related<\/a> to personal enrichment and blackmail, and called for a criminal examination. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, declassified documents from Senate investigations revealed that the FBI&#8217;s probe into alleged ties between Trump and Russia, known as Crossfire Hurricane, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >involved manipulating raw intelligence reports<\/a>, including the Steele dossier. Other findings suggested the FBI falsely labeled members of Congress, journalists, and officials as part of Russian disinformation operations. <\/p>\n<p>Grassley, a senator, highlighted perceived double standards in investigations, noting the FBI&#8217;s lack of action regarding Hillary Clinton\u2019s email practices compared to Musk. The declassified materials also questioned why the FBI did not thoroughly investigate Clinton\u2019s use of a private server, despite evidence of missing records and ongoing concerns about transparency and bias within federal agencies.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An FBI special agent sought a criminal investigation into Elon Musk for asking government officials what they do all day, a newly declassified  reveals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Former Special Agent Kevin Gounaud <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/2025-02-22_fbi_hr__-_five_things_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ed<\/a> a colleague in February 2025 casting Musk\u2019s use of his social media platform X to advertise the work of DOGE, his government efficiency initiative, as a criminal act. He likened it to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a private  server to exchange classified intelligence, according to the  declassified by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Gounaud floated the legal theory that weekly s that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) sent to federal employees asking them to list five accomplishments amounted to a petty crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cHappy to write the case opening and find a prosecutor (or at least try),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cAnd no, I\u2019m not kidding,\u201d the agent added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Gounaud did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cI would like to recommend the opening of a criminal 58 matter on the person(s) at OPM who approved the transmission of the earlier ,\u201d the agent\u00a0wrote. \u201cThat person in conspiracy with Elon Musk (who is reportedly an [Special Government Employee]), in addition to wasting a colossal amount of official time, encouraged, abetted, aided, etc. thousands if not tens of thousands of government employees outside of a strict need to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Gounaud said that Musk had violated federal statutes outlawing <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personal enrichment<\/a>, because his account on X \u2014 a company he owns, may have been monetized \u2014 and <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/18\/873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blackmail<\/a> for saying in his post that \u201cfailure to respond will be taken as a resignation.\u201d <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Grassley declassified the  during a Tuesday hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The Iowa Republican has spearheaded investigations into overt partisanship at the Bureau.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">A <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/PLAW-108publ458\/html\/PLAW-108publ458.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2004 law<\/a> requires intelligence professionals to produce reporting \u201cindependent of political considerations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">But a slew of documents declassified by Grassley\u2019s committee and the Trump administration has revealed senior officials operating in the shadows in a way that violates that professional ethos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cFor\u00a0almost a\u00a0decade now,\u00a0I\u2019ve\u00a0made records public showing how\u00a0a number of\u00a0now discredited\u00a0law enforcement and intelligence officials schemed to take out Trump and other Republicans. And here\u00a0we\u00a0are,\u00a0in 2026,\u00a0still finding records from years ago showing even more evidence of\u00a0targeting,\u201d Grassley said in his opening statement for the hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe\u00a0overall\u00a0sustained efforts\u00a0by the Deep State\u00a0in the dark corners of the bureaucracy\u00a0is worse than\u00a0anything Trump has been accused of.\u202fAt least\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0upfront and open so people can judge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">These documents have revealed new information about an FBI investigation codenamed Crossfire Hurricane, a wide-reaching FBI probe into alleged ties between Trump and Russia. Newly declassified evidence has confirmed that investigation built on spun, cherrypicked and in some cases wholly manufactured raw intelligence reports, including the <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/02\/21\/fbi-steele-dossier-promoters-trump-biden-smirnov-ukraine-buridsma-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steele dossier<\/a>, a salacious opposition research document commissioned by Democrats during the 2016 election cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Newly declassified documents have also revealed that the FBI smeared more than two dozen members of Congress, journalists and senior Trump administration officials as conduits of Russian disinformation in another operation codenamed \u201cRound River\u201d in order to paint derogatory information about former President Joe Biden and corruption in Ukraine as a Russian psyop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Grassley\u2019s office pointed out that targeting Musk\u2019s status as a special government employee (SGE) represented a double standard. The DOJ declined to investigate Huma Abedin when she worked as an SGE for then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while simultaneously working for the Clinton Foundation, a congressional aide said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Other newly released documents have generated questions about why the FBI did not conduct a more fulsome investigation of Clinton\u2019s use of a private  server to exchange sensitive documents while serving as the nation\u2019s top diplomat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The FBI <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2025\/07\/21\/fbi-brushed-over-thumb-drives-in-clinton--investigation-report-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secured 600,000 missing\u00a0s<\/a> from\u00a0Hillary Clinton\u2019s private server in the final days of the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">An  from former FBI Director James Comey to his media liaison Daniel Richman, released as an <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Never-A-Dull-Moment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibit<\/a> in the Department of Justice\u2019s case against Comey in 2025, underscores the trove of evidence available to the bureau about\u00a0Clinton\u2019s apparent evasion of federal recordkeeping law that went unexamined.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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