Atorney General decries burning of Tesla vehicles

days it is an act of terrorism

Attorney General Pam Bondi in a statement Tuesday called the recent spate of arson attacks and vandalism against Tesla vehicles “nothing short of domestic terrorism.”

He promised harsh punishments for perpetrators if they are caught.

The statement from Bondi came after the latest incident in which five Tesla vehicles were damaged.

This took place when a fire was started at a Tesla Collision Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning.

According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, that was the latest in a wave of incidents aimed at the electric vehicle company.

“This was a targeted attack against a Tesla facility,” said Dori Koren, assistant sheriff for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Along with the burning vehicles, officials said the word “RESIST” was spray-painted across the doors of the facility.

They also reported that three rounds of shots were fired at the additional Teslas.

Police said a suspect approached the business wearing black clothing.

He was believed to have used Molotov cocktails and a firearm to conduct his attack.

Officials received notice that an individual had “set several vehicles on fire in the parking lot and caused damage to the property.

Police and the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force are investigating this incident.

They believe it was an isolated attack and reports say that authorities are still searching for a suspect.

Two Tesla Cybertrucks also caught on fire at a dealership in Kansas City, Missouri, on Monday evening, according to the Kansas City Police Department.

Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations have been vandalized, suffered arson and faced protests in recent weeks.

This was since the company’s CEO Elon Musk began his work at the White House spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

In the statement on Tuesday, Bondi said, “The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism.”

In some of the cases, she said the Justice Department is charging perpetrators with crimes that carry five-year mandatory minimum sentences.

“We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks,

“including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes,” she said in the statement.

In the Kansas incident, a police officer in the area spotted smoke coming from one Cybertruck at a Tesla dealership on State Line Road shortly before midnight.

Police said the officer attempted to put out the flames using a fire extinguisher.

But according to them, the fire spread to a second Cybertruck parked next to the original one.

The Kansas City Fire Department ordered the bomb and arson unit to assist on the scene, the fire department said.

Officials were able to put out the flames and the vehicles were “covered with a fire blanket to prevent reignition,” the fire department said.

Police reported that the circumstances were under investigation but preliminarily the fire is being investigated for the potential of being an arson.”

There have been no arrests made for this incident, police said.

The FBI is assisting the Kansas City Police Department in this investigation.

This follows a spree of similar incidents that have occurred across the country in the last few weeks.

the public information officer at the Tigard Police Department, Kesley Anderson reported that last week, “more than a dozen” shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon.

Additionally, three Teslas were vandalized in Dedham, Massachusetts on March 11, according to the Dedham Police Department.

Officials said “words had been spray-painted” on two Tesla Cybertrucks, with all four tires of the trucks and a Tesla Model S being “reportedly damaged.”

This follows a spree of similar incidents that have occurred across the country in the last few weeks.

Earlier this month, a Tesla charging station was targeted in South Carolina.

Media reports say an individual spray-painted an expletive directed at President Trump along with “LONG LIVE UKRAINE” on the ground in red paint.

The individual also threw homemade Molotov cocktails at the station, according to the North Charleston Police Department.

Federal ATF agents arrested 24-year-old Daniel Clarke-Pounder in that incident, charging him with arson of property in interstate commerce.

During a search of his apartment, agents said they found a purple composition notebook that contained a three-page handwritten statement.

The statement asserted anti-government beliefs and statements opposed to DOGE.

“The statement made mention of sending a message based on these beliefs and was signed with the initials ‘DC,'” court records said.

Protests against the company have also occurred at dealerships nationwide.

Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs told ABC News that the demonstrations and the company’s plummeting stocks, which have tumbled nearly 48% this year, can all “be tied to [Musk’s] time at DOGE.

According to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,

‘in recent weeks, four top officers at the company have sold off $100 million in stock.’

Musk, the owner of X, said on Monday that his companies “make great products that people love.

He said he has  never physically hurt anyone, and wondered why the hate and violence against him.

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