The U.S. attorney general is bringing charges against three people suspected of violent attacks on Tesla vehicles amid a wave of targeted strikes at company properties over Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration’s widespread cuts to spending and jobs.
In a statement on Thursday, Pamela Bondi said all three defendants will “face the full force of the law.”
“The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” she said. “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.”
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The defendants are accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at Tesla charging stations and firing rounds of bullets into vehicles.
One suspect was armed with “a suppressed AR-15 rifle” and was arrested after throwing approximately eight Molotov cocktails at a dealership in Salem, Ore., according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Another was detained in Loveland, Colo., after an …