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47. Even if their actions are illegal, who will prosecute?

Reply to reACTIONary (Reply #45)

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 07:39 PM

Feb 4

If they get an injunction from a court, who will enforce it?

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Lawsuit filed to enjoin Elon from accessing Treasury data [View all] QED Feb 3 OP

Good! Meowmee Feb 3 #1

How about deporting him to his Tesla out in space? GreenWave Feb 3 #26

Seize his assets now! Bluethroughu Feb 4 #46

He made about 100 B on stealing the election! Meowmee Feb 4 #48

Don't we deport criminal immigrants now? Think. Again. Feb 3 #2

Right back to S.A. with his ass NotHardly Feb 3 #6

Unfortunately, he's a naturalized US citizen, so deporting is not that simple. ShazzieB Feb 3 #13

He can be stripped of his citizenship. MLWR Feb 3 #15

He can be indicted, tried, and convicted and then the public might become aware of the danger he poses to our... Trueblue Texan Feb 3 #18

Theoretically, yes. ShazzieB Feb 4 #35

Well I guess we'll have to let him live out his dream of settling on Mars then... Think. Again. Feb 3 #17

Halfway there would be fine. dchill Feb 3 #21

His rockets don't seem to be working all that well right now. ShazzieB Feb 4 #33

I am sure it would explode or crash first Meowmee Feb 4 #36

Should be Rebl2 Feb 3 #32

Brown citizens are deported every day dickthegrouch Feb 4 #41

Very nicely crafted complaint. Frasier Balzov Feb 3 #3

Good news happy feet Feb 3 #4

Good! Solly Mack Feb 3 #5

Isn't it a little late? kentuck Feb 3 #7

Could be QED Feb 3 #8

Isn't it kind of hard to file a lawsuit before anything happens? stillcool Feb 3 #28

HE SHOULD BE ARRESTED Skittles Feb 4 #37

Who will4 arrest him? speak easy Feb 4 #43

Is Musk an employee of the federal government? What's his clearance level? FakeNoose Feb 3 #9

He is not employed by the government. MLWR Feb 3 #16

I read today that Musk slightlv Feb 3 #23

Supposedly he's not receiving a monetary salary. His payment is our personal information Deuxcents Feb 3 #27

Then he can be impeached, no? yodermon Feb 4 #40

SERIOUSLY, WTF IS GOING ON Skittles Feb 4 #38

What we talkin' 'bout!! The lead lawyer is Norman Eisen of the Brookings Institution. Yay! ancianita Feb 3 #10

thank you. stillcool Feb 3 #29

Trump may bar the feds from arresting him. Has Musk violated any state crimes? Liberty Belle Feb 3 #11

Nice touch to include the complaint. It's sounds really solid. Now, if it just goes allegorical oracle Feb 3 #12

I never forget to thank Biden brakester Feb 3 #31

While This Is Good DET Feb 3 #14

no crystal balls this time around stillcool Feb 3 #30

I hate to say it, but we are pretty much out of time johnnyfins Feb 4 #44

They probably already have the data Bettie Feb 3 #19

Petabytes of data were almost instantly transferred to other devices erronis Feb 3 #20

I wouldn't be surprised if musk doesn't hold the US gov in a ransomware attack. erronis Feb 3 #22

Sue the bastard!!! calimary Feb 3 #24

I am convinced these oligarchs hate Americans Dem4life1234 Feb 3 #25

Apartheid Brothers usonian Feb 4 #34

Reprehensible Dem4life1234 Feb 4 #39

I also believe a class action lawsuit would be in order UpInArms Feb 4 #42

There are three possibilities.... reACTIONary Feb 4 #45

Even if their actions are illegal, who will prosecute? QED Feb 4 #47

My guess is, not the ... reACTIONary Feb 4 #49