Tesla’s vandalism is not coordinated, say the authorities, despite the claims of Musk and Trump

The law enforcement officials and experts in domestic extremism say they have found no evidence that a series of attacks on vehicles and Tesla dealers are coordinated despite such assertions by the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk and President Donald Trump.

At least 10 Tesla dealers, charging stations and installations were struck by vandals, many of which have lit fire cars, while a growing collection of videos published on social networks has shown that people giving off and damaging Tesla vehicles. A website seemed to encourage people to target Tesla vehicles, Publish a card with the information of dozens of owners of Tesla and Tesla’s installations. We don’t know who started the site.

The attacks occurred while Musk has become one of the most brilliant lightning points of an already tumultuous Trump administration, leading a radical effort to cut large expanses from the federal government. Musk decreed attacks against Teslas and said on Thursday on his X social media platform that attacks were “coordinated. “He did not provide proof.

Later in the day, Musk also said in a live presentation To the company: “I cannot pass the television without seeing a Tesla on fire.”

Trump also said the attacks had been coordinated. In a Wednesday interview on Fox NewsHe said without evidence that “very political people on the left” pay the Vandals.

Trump called the destruction of Tesla property domestic terrorismand the Attorney General Pam Bondi Charts announced Thursday, against three people accused of having vandalized Tesla’s properties in Oregon, South Carolina and Washington.

Documents accessible to the public for the three people do not mention coordination, a new NBC Review found.

Experts and managers of the FBI law application and the alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives office, the two federal agencies investigating the attacks, all of them told NBC News that they had found no evidence of coordination around the attacks.

The individual offices of the two agencies manage incidents on a case -by -case basis, by working with partner agencies to determine whether they guarantee local, state or federal accusations, said law enforcement officials. Several have declared that federal agents of the application of the laws of various fields of the country shared information on Tesla’s attacks, but did not find a common bond other than the brand itself.

“If there is coordination (for vandalism, not the demonstrations), it is not in the public domain,” said John Horgan, director of the research group on violent extremism of the State University of Georgia.

“There is no evidence that they are linked,” said John Lewis, a program of the George Washington University program on extremism.

“What is delicate is that, unlike previous plots of the culture of the war of culture, he seems to have the attention of the Ministry of Justice,” he said.

Musk, a federal advisor and main donor of Trump, has become the face of massive reductions in the American federal government, leading to growth unpopularity among some Americans. A new NBC Survey this month have found that if many Americans support the reduction of federal government waste, a majority now has negative opinions on musk.

And although there does not seem to be coordination around attacks against Tesla dealers, there have been organized efforts, such as Tesla Takedownaimed at rallying people to present themselves in Tesla’s facilities to protest against Musk. This group has disowned the violence and destruction of goods.

Musk and Tesla’s advice has become more and more popular online. People videos Tesla cars And Spreading Dog Fecaux On cybertrucks have largely circulated. Police reports indicate that vandalism has extended to people Pull automatic rifles and throw Molotov cocktails in Tesla stores.

An FBI spokesperson said the office was still collecting information.

“The FBI is working with our law enforcement partners to investigate a number of incidents in which Tesla stations and dealers have been damaged. Incidents have occurred in several states and the FBI is coordinated with the federal, state and premises law partners to collect information, “said the spokesperson.

On his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said Friday That people who bring Tesla locations could face an extrajudicial interpretation in El Salvador.

“I can’t wait to see the sick terrorist thugs undergo 20 years of prison terms for what they do in Elon Musk and Tesla. Perhaps they could serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such beautiful conditions! ” He said.

Lewis, by George Washington University, said that the president’s pressure to label Tesla Vandalism as terrorism was disturbing.

“The idea you could take from Americans who have not been accused of an offense of terrorism, not to mention this, and to speak of expeling them in a foreign country to serve prison terms is incredibly frightening,” said Lewis.