Elon Musk, Tesla Attack SEC for ‘Unrelenting’ Harassment

Elon Musk, Tesla Attack SEC for ‘Unrelenting’ Harassment
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, Calif. on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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NEW YORK—Tesla Inc. and its Chief Executive Elon Musk on Thursday accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of harassing them with an “endless” and “unrelenting” investigation to punish Musk for being an outspoken critic of the government.

The accusation came in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan, who presided over a 2018 SEC settlement stemming from Musk’s tweet about a potential buyout of Tesla.