DA Says Elon Musk’s Tweet Related to Tech CEO’s Murder Is ‘Irresponsible’
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins denounced a social media post shared by Tesla founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk in relation to the recent stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Lee, a 43-year-old tech executive, died at a hospital after being found wounded on a sidewalk in a San Francisco suburb earlier this month. On Thursday, police arrested a 38-year-old man, Nima Momeni, and charged him with murdering Lee.
At a news conference Thursday broadcast live on “EpochTV,” Jenkins criticized Musk for making “reckless and irresponsible statements” and spreading “misinformation.”
The district attorney was likely referring to the 51-year-old billionaire’s April 5 Twitter post in response to one of Lee’s friends….