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The FBI launched a Tesla task force to investigate threats against the company


The FBI said its launched a task force with the ATF to investigate threats against Tesla, calling attacks against the company domestic terrorism.

The FBI has launched a task force to investigate threats made against Tesla, an agency official confirmed Monday. Ben Williamson, the assistant director for public affairs at the FBI, said in a post on X that the task force was launched with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives "to coordinate investigative activity and crack down on violent Tesla attacks." Those responsible will be pursued, caught, and brought to justice," FBI Director Kash Patel said in an X post.

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