Former President Donald Trump, in a historic first, was indicted this year -- and more than once. The former president has been indicted in three separate cases, with a fourth case yet to formally charge him.
Federal prosecutors have accused Trump of illegally retaining classified documents after his term in office ended. This case, complete with an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, resulted in an indictment in June; Trump, who pleaded not guilty, is facing 37 felonies.
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A Washington grand jury approved another indictment against Trump in the case of the Jan. 6 insurrection Aug. 1. Trump was charged with four federal crimes in this case; two involving obstruction of an official proceeding and two involving conspiracy against the country.
Trump is also facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a $130,000 hush money payoff to porn star Stormy Daniels. The case alleges that, while serving as the President of the U.S., Trump reimbursed the lawyer who made this payment in a series of installments illegally disguised as corporate legal expenses.
And the final case against Trump -- which, according to Politico, is expected to announce an indictment soon -- involves Trump's infamous call to Georgia's secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, with the former President urging Raffensperger to "find" the 11,780 votes Trump needed to win.
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And Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has an issue with all this litigation.
"I did not vote for him last election, but such aggressive legal action against a former president is not right," Musk said.
I did not vote for him last election, but such aggressive legal action against a former president is not right
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023
This brief defense of the former President comes a day after Musk promised to pay the legal bills of anyone "unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform."
This is not the first time that Musk has chimed in on the ongoing legal troubles of the former President. Without making a call on either guilt or innocence, Musk in June expressed some skepticism about the litigation.
"There does seem to be far higher interest in pursuing Trump compared to other people in politics," he tweeted. "Very important that the justice system rebut what appears to be differential enforcement or they will lose public trust."
Musk, who restored Trump's Twitter account, still has not expressed any political support for the former President. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk said that he would prefer a "normal" person as president.
He said last year that Trump is far too old to "be the chief executive of anything," and that DeSantis would easily prove the victor in a head-to-head race.
"I don’t hate the man, but it’s time for Trump to hang up his hat and sail into the sunset," Musk said.
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