Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk is preparing to host a town hall meeting for former President Donald Trump on his social media website after slamming the president’s conviction.
A source familiar with the plans Said of The Wall Street Journal He will partner with NewsNation to broadcast the town hall event, in which users of X (formerly Twitter) will submit questions which Trump will answer.
The source added that X will also host a town hall event for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Elon Musk, center, arrives at the 10th World Water Forum in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Risnawati, File)
On Thursday, a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection with payments made to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign.
“Great damage has been done,” Musk said in response to the ruling.
“If a former president can be convicted on such a trivial matter, motivated not by justice but by politics, then anyone could risk a similar fate,” Musk wrote. post About X.
Indeed, today, public confidence in the American judicial system has been severely damaged.
If a former president can be convicted on such a trivial matter, motivated not by justice but by political motives, then anyone could risk a similar fate. https://t.co/zrHCyIZazh
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 31, 2024
Trump is scheduled to be sentenced on July 11, four days before the Republican Party is scheduled to hold its national convention on July 15.
After the jury’s verdict, Trump blamed President Joe Biden for a “fraudulent decision.”
“I think this is a disgraceful move by the Biden administration to hurt a political opponent,” Trump said.
