WASHINGTON, D.C. - During an interview on Fox News’ “The Five," Special Government Employee Elon Musk, attached to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) openly called for the arrest of figures leading “fake” non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that “are fake charities [run by] mostly Democrats.”
The call for law enforcement to intervene came as Musk described the NGOs as working in collaboration with both Democrats and some Republicans “where you start getting the uniparty thing going on.”
“With respect to the non-governmental organizations, these sort of fake NGOs, I think there needs to be a number of arrests,” Musk said.
As reported by The New York Post, Musk described the NGOs as “a giant money laundering scheme” to host Jesse Watters, “But it is overwhelmingly to Democrats, and they give these billions of dollars to NGOs run by Democrats that then go through a whole network of additional NGOs — it’s a giant money laundering scheme. Really at this point, I think the word NGO and money laundering are almost synonymous.”
Musk seemed to express frustration at the significant lag between DOGE’s findings and enforcement action, saying, “The wheels of justice turn slowly, but surely,” Musk said, adding, “I have a maniacal sense of urgency.”
In mid-March, in an appearance on "The Verdict" with Senator Ted Cruz, Musk described the “fake” NGOs as, "One of the biggest scams we've uncovered is that the government can give money to so-called non-profit with very few controls and there's no auditing of that non-profit."
“A fake NGO — they then give themselves extremely lavish, insane salaries, expense everything to the nonprofit, buy jets and homes and all sorts of things,” with Cruz noting they “Live like kings and queens on the taxpayer dime.”
As the discussion moved to the ongoing wave of attacks against the owners of Tesla vehicles, the company’s showrooms, and charging sites, Musk denounced them as “wide-scale domestic terrorism” and called upon the authorities to "go after the generals,” organizing and funding them.
"This is fundamentally a case of terrorism. It's wide-scale domestic terrorism with the purpose of intimidation, and it's harming innocent people. It's really terrible," he told the hosts, according to Fox News.
"What we actually have to get to are the people who are organizing and paying for these attacks and protests. That's who we really need to go after because the people that were actually throwing the Molotov cocktails — they're the foot soldiers, but we need to go after the generals."
Although Musk lacks the authority to order arrests, his influential voice and release of damning DOGE findings could encourage Department of Justice leaders to investigate these organizations and their leaders.
The call for law enforcement to intervene came as Musk described the NGOs as working in collaboration with both Democrats and some Republicans “where you start getting the uniparty thing going on.”
“With respect to the non-governmental organizations, these sort of fake NGOs, I think there needs to be a number of arrests,” Musk said.
NEW: @elonmusk says fake charity NGOs, which are overwhelmingly run by Democrats, are running a massive money laundering scheme to take your money. He says that the terms NGO and money laundering are almost synonymous. pic.twitter.com/Nt02laKYKl
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) April 1, 2025
As reported by The New York Post, Musk described the NGOs as “a giant money laundering scheme” to host Jesse Watters, “But it is overwhelmingly to Democrats, and they give these billions of dollars to NGOs run by Democrats that then go through a whole network of additional NGOs — it’s a giant money laundering scheme. Really at this point, I think the word NGO and money laundering are almost synonymous.”
Musk seemed to express frustration at the significant lag between DOGE’s findings and enforcement action, saying, “The wheels of justice turn slowly, but surely,” Musk said, adding, “I have a maniacal sense of urgency.”
In mid-March, in an appearance on "The Verdict" with Senator Ted Cruz, Musk described the “fake” NGOs as, "One of the biggest scams we've uncovered is that the government can give money to so-called non-profit with very few controls and there's no auditing of that non-profit."
“A fake NGO — they then give themselves extremely lavish, insane salaries, expense everything to the nonprofit, buy jets and homes and all sorts of things,” with Cruz noting they “Live like kings and queens on the taxpayer dime.”
🚨 Elon Musk CONFIRMS the taxpayer money politicians and bureaucrats are sending to fake NGOs are being used to purchase themselves MANSIONS AND PRIVATE JETS
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 17, 2025
“A fake NGO — they then give themselves extremely lavish, insane salaries, expense everything to the nonprofit, buy jets… pic.twitter.com/0idSqi1RjI
As the discussion moved to the ongoing wave of attacks against the owners of Tesla vehicles, the company’s showrooms, and charging sites, Musk denounced them as “wide-scale domestic terrorism” and called upon the authorities to "go after the generals,” organizing and funding them.
"This is fundamentally a case of terrorism. It's wide-scale domestic terrorism with the purpose of intimidation, and it's harming innocent people. It's really terrible," he told the hosts, according to Fox News.
"What we actually have to get to are the people who are organizing and paying for these attacks and protests. That's who we really need to go after because the people that were actually throwing the Molotov cocktails — they're the foot soldiers, but we need to go after the generals."
Although Musk lacks the authority to order arrests, his influential voice and release of damning DOGE findings could encourage Department of Justice leaders to investigate these organizations and their leaders.
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Comments
2025-04-05T07:52-0400 | Comment by: Dean
All I can say is it's about time the Dems are exposed for the crooks they are.I've known for years my tax money has done nothing but enriched the lives of the crooked Dems and a few Republicans but have been unable to hold them accountable because of the layers of cover they have It is fantastic that someone is finally in the position to bring justice to the American people.
2025-04-05T07:55-0400 | Comment by: Dean
All I can say is it's about time the Dems are exposed for the crooks they are.I've known for years my tax money has done nothing but enriched the lives of the crooked Dems and a few Republicans but have been unable to hold them accountable because of the layers of cover they have It is fantastic that someone is finally in the position to bring justice to the American people.
2025-04-05T07:55-0400 | Comment by: Dean
All I can say is it's about time the Dems are exposed for the crooks they are.I've known for years my tax money has done nothing but enriched the lives of the crooked Dems and a few Republicans but have been unable to hold them accountable because of the layers of cover they have It is fantastic that someone is finally in the position to bring justice to the American people.
2025-04-05T20:45-0400 | Comment by: Chris
They have been using these NGO's for everything from facilitating the illegal invasion of our country, paying domestic terrorist groups like ANTIFA, election fraud mules, etc. etc. This is one of the "community organizer's" schemes. At face value it is straight up treason and this should be given the highest priority. There will also be plenty of judges that have been getting this stolen money as well.
2025-04-06T10:35-0400 | Comment by: James
I believe he has hit the nail on it's head!!!