Justice Department spurns French probe into Elon Musk and X

The Trump administration said it won’t help French authorities to investigate Elon Musk and his scandal-plagued social media platform, X.

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On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported on a letter, which hasn’t been reviewed by MS NOW, in which the Trump Department of Justice told French officials it isn’t going to get involved in their efforts to investigate Musk and X. Per the Journal:

‘This investigation seeks to use the criminal legal system in France to regulate a public square for the free expression of ideas and opinions in a manner contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution,’ said the letter, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The letter also said France’s requests for U.S. assistance ‘constitute an effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding aimed at wrongfully regulating through prosecution the business activities of a social media platform.’

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The department confirmed to the Journal it sent the letter. 

France launched an investigation into X last fall after the platform’s chatbot, Grok, responded to users by promoting holocaust denial. At the time, French investigators also raised concerns about foreign influence campaigns on the platform. And in February, following a scandal in which users prompted Grok to generate nonconsensual pornographic images, including images appearing to depict children, French authorities raided X’s offices and summoned Musk for questioning.