Elon Musk is an unfathomably wealthy billionaire who has used his financial resources to gain influence over politics, media, and government institutions.

Elon Musk, who owns 12% stake in Tesla, has in a explosive claim accused fellow billionaires George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and the ActBlue fundraising organisation over the recent protests that have rocked Tesla. Elon Musk has also cited an unspecified ‘investigation’ into ActBlue while accusing the billionaires of funding Tesla Takedown protests. 

“An investigation has found 5 ActBlue-funded groups responsible for Tesla “protests”: Troublemakers, Disruption Project, Rise & Resist, Indivisible Project and Democratic Socialists of America. ActBlue funders include George Soros, Reid Hoffman, Herbert Sandler, Patricia Bauman, and Leah Hunt-Hendrix”

“ActBlue is currently under investigation for allowing foreign and illegal donations in criminal violation of campaign finance regulations. This week, 7 ActBlue senior officials resigned, including the associate general counsel”, Elon Musk added.

Elon Musk misleadingly called the protesters at Tesla “ActBlue-funded,” though ActBlue does not fund groups, but instead is a platform through which donors can give money to campaigns or organizations.

ActBlue is a nonprofit organisation and political action committee (PAC) that serves as a major fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and progressive causes in the United States.

The “Tesla Takedown” website lists the Troublemakers and Disruption Project organizations as sponsors, two of the groups mentioned in Elon Musk’s Saturday post, Forbes reported

“Creating a vote of no confidence in him from the shareholders, that would be the ultimate goal,” Alex Winter, actor and protest organizer.