Elon Musk Defies County Orders, Restarts Tesla Productions at California Factory

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he will join employees of Tesla's Fremont, California, plant as production restarts on Monday, defying local COVID-19 novel coronavirus restrictions.

Following a weekend of threats and a lawsuit against Alameda County, California, Musk took to Twitter on Monday to announce that Tesla would resume operations on Monday, despite county law calling for the plant to remain closed.

While Tesla has been given the green light to resume production by the state, this decision was "illegally" overridden by Alameda County, according to Musk.

"Also, all other auto companies in US are approved to resume. Only Tesla has been singled out. This is super messed up!" he said via Twitter.

Earlier on Monday, Newsom that he has known the company's CEO "for many, many years" and has "great reverence for their technology," reported Politico's Jeremy White. He added that California "has substantively supported" Tesla for many years and predicts the state will have a decades-long relationship with the company.

However, rather than an immediate resumption in operations for Tesla, the California governor said he envisioned the company would be able to get back to work "as early as next week."

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin also expressed public support for Tesla during his Monday appearance on CNBC's “Squawk on the Street," noting that Musk "one of the biggest employers and manufacturers in California."

"California should prioritize doing whatever they need to do to solve those health issues so that he can open quickly and safely,” he added.

Tesla's Fremont plant had previously been closed since March 23, a week after the Alameda County issued its stay-at-home order to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Musk caused a commotion on social media over the weekend after he publicly opposed the continued closure of the Fremont plant and threatened to move the facility from California to Nevada or Texas. Tesla has since filed a lawsuit against local authorities.

In a follow-up tweet Musk asserted that he is "not messing around."

"I’m not messing around. Absurd & medically irrational behavior in violation of constitutional civil liberties, moreover by unelected county officials with no accountability, needs to stop," the Tesla CEO tweeted on Saturday.

A resumption in operations for Tesla comes amid reports that the Fremont plant actually got a head start on returning to work over the weekend. Citing two current employees of the facility, The Verge reported that workers began making cars again over the weekend.

The Tesla employees highlighted that they were put in a difficult situation by Musk as he waged a public feud with local officials. Furthermore, showing up to work would have technically violated the county's stay-at-home order over the weekend.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202005111079274849-after-elon-musk-threats-california-may-allow-tesla-plant-to-reopen-as-soon-as-next-week/

President Trump Asked About #OBAMAGATE — Goes Off, Slams WaPo Hack — “You Know What the Crime Is! The Crime is Obvious to Everybody!”

On Monday during his press conference in the Rose Garden on the coronavirus pandemic President Trump was asked about his weekend tweets on Obamagate.

President Trump unloaded!

Justice is coming.

WaPo reporter Philip Rucker: Mr President in one of your Mother’s Day tweets you appeared to accuse President Obama of one of the biggest political crime in American history by far. Those were your words. What crime exactly are you accusing President Obama of committing and do you believe the Justice Department should prosecute him?

President Trump: Obamagate. It’s been going on for a long time. It’s been going on since before I even got elected. And it’s a disgrace that it happened and it’s gone on. And if you look now at all of this information that’s being released and from what I understand that’s only the beginning. Some terrible things happened and it should never be allowed to happen in our country again. And you’ll be seeing what’s going on in the coming weeks but I wish you’re write honestly about it but unfortunately you choose not to do so.

Reporter: What is the crime?

President Trump: You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/president-trump-asked-obamagate-goes-off-slams-wapo-hack-know-crime-crime-obvious-everybody-video/

Clapper May Have Perjured Himself When He Told Congress He Did Not Brief Obama on Flynn-Kislyak Calls

Former DNI Chief James Clapper may have perjured himself when he told Congress in July of 2017 that he did not brief Barack Obama on the Flynn-Kislyak phone calls.

According to newly declassified documents, then-Deputy AG Sally Yates said she first learned of the December 2016 calls between Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak from Barack Obama in the January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting.

Why did Obama know this information before it was published in the media?

Newly released House Intel transcripts from the Russia probe gives us more answers on the targeting of Flynn.

Former FBI Director James Comey testified that James Clapper briefed Barack Obama in the first week of January 2017 about the Flynn-Kislyak calls.

Comey’s testimony matches what McCabe wrote in his book titled “The Threat” — McCabe wrote that he shared the intel with Comey and Comey shared it with DNI James Clapper and Clapper told Barack Obama.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/clapper-may-perjured-told-congress-not-brief-obama-flynn-kislyak-calls/