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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

House Dems launch conflict-of-interest probe into $525m in new NASA contracts to Musk’s SpaceX

President Donald Trump and White House Senior Adviser, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shake hands while attending the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship last month in Philadelphia - (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Democrats in the House of Representatives have launched a new investigation into Elon Musk's potential conflicts of interest at NASA.

In a letter sent to the space agency on Monday, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Gerry Connolly of Virginia — who both serve on the House oversight committee — demanded documents on all its dealings with Musk's companies and what officials are doing to prevent conflicts.

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