Dan GillmorAug 2, 2025

One way rich people get that way is to stiff their creditors. Trump has done it for decades. In this report, CNN shows how Musk has adopted that tactic.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs

Small businesses helped build Musk’s empire. Their unpaid bills add up to millions

Small businesses have filed liens for more than $110 million against Tesla alone in the last five years, with more than $24 million still allegedly owed to dozens of businesses, a CNN analysis found.

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@dangillmor The legal system has long been set up so that the person with the deepest pockets usually wins. For creditors, it costs more to use than to write it off. Trump knows this (as, I imagine, do most rich people).
Aug 2, 2025 at 7:57amTusky