Weaponization: Biden Goes After SpaceX

A federal lawsuit has been filed against SpaceX, the pioneering aerospace company founded by Elon Musk. The lawsuit alleges that SpaceX engaged in discriminatory practices by reportedly shunning refugees and asylees in its hiring practices.

“The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act,” the Justice Department said in a statement.

“In job postings and public statements over several years, SpaceX wrongly claimed that under federal regulations known as ‘export control laws,’ SpaceX could hire only US citizens and lawful permanent residents, sometimes referred to as ‘green card holders,’” the DOJ added.

Musk, a South African immigrant and naturalized US citizen himself, is in the middle of other legal battles with the federal government following his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last year.

A judge last week accused the Tesla and former Twitter CEO of trying to “cozy up” to former President Donald Trump by having lawyers for the social media company deny federal prosecutors access to his account.

Special counsel Jack Smith, who indicted Trump on four counts earlier this month for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, sought private messages, draft tweets and location info on the former president’s account.

DC US District Judge Beryl Howell held Musk’s attorneys in contempt of court and find the company $350,000 for ignoring a search warrant prosecutors obtained for the information — and for tipping off the former president about the records request.

She also implied that Twitter’s delay in responding to the request was an effort to curry favor with Trump after having booted him from the social media platform following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.