Posted on 03/20/2025 12:13:42 PM PDT by Red Badger
The Department of Justice has announced that it has filed charges against three suspects for "domestic terrorism" attacks targeting Tesla. The charges come after there have been a slew of violent attacks targeting the company amid left-wing backlash against Elon Musk for working with the Trump administration.
According to a press release, Attorney General Pam Bondi said, "The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended. Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”
One defendant "was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership located in Salem, Oregon," the release said. "Another was arrested in Loveland, Colorado after attempting to light Teslas on fire with Molotov cocktails," it adds, later saying, "a third defendant wrote profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails" in South Carolina.
Each is facing up to 20 years in prison and a minimum of five years. The DOJ did not name the defendants that have been charged or provide the specifics of their charges in the press release.
However, it appears that the defendant from Salem, Oregon may be Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, who was arrested and charged after allegedly shooting up a Tesla dealership in Salem as well as throwing Molotov cocktails that "struck a dealership building and several vehicles."
In the case of Charleston, South Carolina, the defendant appears to be Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, who was arrested and charged in connection to setting fire to Tesla charging stations. He reportedly ended up lighting himself on fire as well. Clarke-Pounder was granted bond on Monday while in federal court, according to ABC4 News.
It was not immediately clear who was charged in the Loveland, Colorado case, as there have been two arrests reported in connection to an attack on a Tesla dealership.
The charges against the three defendants come as there have been a slew of attacks on Tesla dealerships, charging stations, as well as individually owned Teslas in the United States, as well as in some places internationally. Earlier this week in Berlin, Germany there were four Teslas that were deliberately torched in acts of arson.
Backlash against Musk and his work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has grown in recent weeks generally as DOGE staffers have been auditing a number of federal agencies, looking to cut waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds in the federal government.
On Wednesday evening, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced that the law enforcement agency was “actively working on the Tesla incidents” as well as swatting incidents that have been targeting conservative media figures in recent weeks.
The same day, Bondi declared that the attacks against Tesla would be seen as "domestic terrorism" and promised "severe consequences" for anyone involved in the violent attacks. The DOJ is also reportedly investigating a website that claims to be doxxing the personal information of Tesla owners.
Arrest the coordinator.
:)
Keep it coming.
That’s hilarious
Good.
bttt
Quite honestly, when I drove by the Tesla place in Kansas City and saw those bozos with their silly signs and flipped them the bird, I was surprised later when I drove by that there were no security guards.
There are many posters on this website who were actually supposed to be Attorney General of the United States, before Pam Bondi was inexplicably nominated and confirmed.
Every post on this thread criticizing AG Bondi for getting her job done comes from these posters.
Funny! I remember the skit on Laugh In. Is that Sammy D Jr?
Yes.
What these numb nuts don’t realize is that when convicted of federal crimes there is no parole, no reduced sentences for “good behavior”.
This offense carries a MINIMUM 5 years. 5 real years.
And I sincerely hope that each is convicted and gets more than the minimum.
They will probably appear before a Soros backed Judge
Davis borrowed the shtick from Pigmeat Markham, who used it for years before. Markham became a Laugh-In regular for a time.
Now, like w/the mob or dealers, they need to get them to rat out who’s funding them. However, these were most likely solo jobs.
Bomb throwers.... never the NGO organizers, never the antifa leadership.
Just a few nobodies. Blondi is worthless.
It’s domestic terrorism, right?
Then why not “bars” at Gitmo or in El Salvador. THAT would be a deterrent!
Go after the organizers!
How hard is this?
They use the foot soldiers to go after the generals................
Pigmeat Markum. Now, there’s a name I haven’t heard since the Johnson Administration. Same with Moms Mabley.
Both would be Cancelled and Swatted in today’s
Karen-Verse.
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