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eppur_se_muova

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6. Don't gov't appointees have to receive a "Letter of Appointment", which must be signed and certified ?

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 07:36 PM

10 hrs ago

If Musk, or any of his twenty-something minions altered gov't software or hardware, or changed or moved gov't records, without an official Letter of Appointment giving them the authority to do so, then they were acting outside of the law, as private citizens, and would be liable for any and all claims of damage -- criminal or civil -- resulting from those actions.

I really, really hope that at least some of them get caught out as having no authority whatever to do what they did.