In 2023, the Biden administration’s Department of Justice sued Elon Musk’s SpaceX for discrimination, charging that the company did not hire people it wasn’t legally allowed to hire.
Yes, really. That case is now being dropped; the new Trump administration’s Department of Justice has filed a motion to have the case dismissed with prejudice.
The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday that it would dismiss a case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in which the rocket company had been accused of discriminating against people based on their citizenship status.
In an unopposed motion filed with the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Texas, the Justice Department said it intended to file a notice of dismissal with prejudice, which means prosecutors would not be able to file these charges again.
The motion did not say why the case was being dropped.
The case…
