Elon Musk's Strong Criticism of DOJ's SpaceX Lawsuit

Elon Musk criticized the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit against SpaceX, which alleges that the company violated the Immigration and Nationality Act by discouraging asylees and refugees from applying and refusing to hire them based on their citizenship status. Musk argued that SpaceX was instructed to only hire US citizens and permanent residents due to international arms trafficking laws. He called the lawsuit a "weaponization" of the DOJ for political purposes and highlighted the irony of the DOJ restricting its own applicants to US citizens. Former DOJ civil rights attorney Roger Severino called the lawsuit a "joke" and a targeted attack on Musk.