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Given the appearance of monumental conflict of interest, why isn't this reported as likely corruption, and investigation as such demanded?

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not sure you got the memo but we no longer have neither working legislative nor judiciary branch of government so that’d be a moot

Sure, but they could report it as such, if their oligarch let them.

> why isn't this reported as likely corruption

Because Musk has been given the task of investigating his own conflicts of interest. He will find no problems:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/white-hou...

That's a Washington Post article. Musk isn't Trump, so WaPo could use truthful descriptions like "corrupt", "conflict of interest" and "lies" when reporting on Musk's activities.

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