Pam Bondi declares targeted Tesla attacks are ‘nothing short of domestic terrorism’

Published March 19, 2025 12:37pm ET



Attorney General Pam Bondi made it clear that acts of vandalism against Tesla would be fully prosecuted as domestic terrorism.

Her comments followed multiple reports of vandalized Tesla vehicles and dealerships. In one case, a suspect set a Tesla service center in Las Vegas, Nevada, ablaze using Molotov cocktails, damaging five vehicles. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was the first to refer to the incidents as “terrorism” online.

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