Elon Musk Could Face 5 Years In Prison For Harris, Biden 'Assassination' Posts: Report

Elon Musk is facing a Secret Service probe for his tweets mentioning President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris in the aftermath of the apparent second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Threatening the US president or vice president is a felony. The Tesla chief can face heavy fines or up to five years in prison.This comes days after Musk responded to an X user asking,“Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” The SpaceX CEO, who has 198 million followers on the platform formerly known as Twitter, said: “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala???"Read More: Microsoft Warns: Last 48 Hours Of US Presidential Election Could Be A 'Fake Video' Free-For-AllThe 53-year-old deleted the post after facing backlash on his own platform. He said it was intended as a joke. Musk is yet to react to the Bloomberg report. The media outlet added that FOIA Files sent Freedom of Information Act requests to the Secret Service’s Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division, Office of Protective Operations and Office of Investigations for documents and emails related to the tech billionaire's post.Read More: After Trump's 'Big Abuser' Comment, Aid Recalls Ex-POTUS' 'Howdy Modi' MomentAccording to the report, the Secret Service responded to requests by saying all Musk-related records were 'compiled for law enforcement purposes'. They are being witheld because 'disclosure could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings'. The agency's spokesperson Nate Herring said the Secret Service 'is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk'. “As a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence. We can say, however, that the Secret Service investigates all threats related to our protectees."