WASHINGTON - Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk redirected his criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration’s aging system to L3Harris Thursday, after discovering that Verizon was not the company behind the software.
The billionaire simply can’t stop racking up conflicts of interest, with officials at the FAA now reportedly looking for tens of millions of dollars to strike a deal with Starlink.
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Elon Musk’s Conflicts of Interest Are Becoming Real
Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk
President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet in person on Thursday to deliver a message: You’re in charge of your departments, not Elon Musk. According to two administration officials, Trump told top members of his administration that Musk was empowered to make recommendations to the departments but not to issue unilateral decisions on staffing and policy.
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Maddow Blog | Amid controversies and backlashes, Trump clips Elon Musk’s wings
The FAA is reportedly under DOGE pressure to pull a critical upgrade project away from Verizon in favor of Musk’s Starlink.
The FAA is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service. That could raise a possible conflict of interest, experts say.
A growing number of U.S. lawmakers are raising questions about the potential for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to interfere or take over a $2.4 billion Federal Aviation Administration telecommunications contract with rival Verizon .
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