A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now he’s suing for defamation.

  • Hasherm0n@lemmy.world
    87·
    1 day ago

    Buried a little in the article, this was a bit more than just “… breaks cut”

    and had the car seen by a mechanic who, according to the report, found “that the driver-side front impact/airbag sensor had also been removed but noted that the remaining wires had been spliced together, completing the circuit in a manner that prevented the vehicle from detecting or logging the missing component, while also preventing the vehicle from activating its safety protocols, alerting the driver, or engaging limp mode.” The police report also indicates that fingerprints had been found on Berulis’ car. According to the police report, the case is now “inactive,” “due to the lack of any specific suspect information,” though the police’s intelligence unit was notified.

    • Comrade_Squid@lemmy.ml
      3·
      5 hours ago

      How is this not mainstream news?

      Edit: okay obviously it won’t be mainstream news as mainstream news is owned by our ruling class and is for our ruling class to disseminate how and what we should think…

    • NekoKoneko@lemmy.world
      25·
      19 hours ago

      Ah. They found fingerprints but lack any identifying evidence linked to a single suspect. Guess they gotta close the case!