Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

Elon Musk deployed a sophisticated lobbying operation in Texas, hiring 12 lobbyists across SpaceX, Tesla, and X Corp. The team, including former advisors to Governor Greg Abbott, successfully influenced multiple legislative actions. They secured laws benefiting Musk’s companies, including protections for SpaceX launch sites, drone restrictions, and business-friendly regulations, while exploiting Texas’s weak lobbying transparency laws.

Key Actors

Elon Musk SpaceX Lobbyists Tesla Lobbyists Greg Abbott Texas Legislature

Tags

kleptocracy corporate-lobbying legislative-capture elon-musk

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