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#conflict of interest

Situations where government officials' private financial interests conflict with their public duties, leading to self-dealing, preferential treatment, or corruption. Covers violations of federal ethics laws and the Emoluments Clause.

2 incidents

February 8, 2025 Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing

Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

CFPB Dismantlement While Musk Launches Competing XMoney Payment Service

Musk used his government role leading DOGE to dismantle the CFPB, the agency positioned to regulate his XMoney digital payments platform, while gaining access to competitors' confidential financial data — a textbook conflict of interest that multiple ethics bodies have flagged as potentially criminal.

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January 20, 2025 Updated March 26, 2026 Corruption & Self-Dealing

Serious Rights Violation Ongoing

Musk's $38 Billion Government Contract Empire Untouched While Leading DOGE Cuts

The world's richest man led government cost-cutting while his companies held $38 billion in government funding. Zero Musk contracts were cut. SpaceX won new billions in Pentagon contracts during the cuts. No ethics forms were filed.

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DOGE Elon Musk SpaceX Tesla conflict of interest