Connolly calls for investigation into Lutnick encouraging Americans to buy Tesla stock

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ranking member Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) requested an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s comments urging Americans to buy Tesla stock as the company’s shares dip due to mass firings and reform efforts overseen by CEO Elon Musk. 

“This is just the latest example of the Trump Administration using taxpayer resources to enrich the President’s inner circle,” Connolly wrote in a Thursday letter to John K. Guenther, acting general counsel for the Department of Commerce.