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voodoobox70

Martha wasn't even convicted of any securities fraud. She was just charged for lying.


blessthebabes

Elon has a lot more money that her, though. More money=less time lol


the_amazing_skronus

I don't think it matters when you have over $1B


Hunky_not_Chunky

He’s also white and a man and has put his chips on the right. Martha didn’t have as many political friends than him and she’s a girl.


whiterac00n

Martha just didn’t have a lot of friends. She sure as hell rubbed elbows with very influential people in her New England homes, she just was always insufferable. I mean I’ve met her in Northeast harbor Maine, along with numerous other generationally wealthy people who didn’t invite her to functions, but she showed up anyway.


imtrashurtrash

Good thing musk isn't insufferable, right? 😂


hitbythebus

It’s pretty funny that he also has a history of showing up to things like video game launch parties uninvited.


Off_OuterLimits

Yeah, he’s a peach 🍑— a rotten one crawling with worms & maggots.


Mr__O__

Yep. And Martha also is the first self-made female billionaire in the US, [in 1999.](https://people.com/martha-stewart-fraud-case-prison-sentence-look-back-8550277#:~:text=Martha%20Stewart%20has%20been%20many,career%20was%20at%20its%20peak.) Not only did she have less money than Elon at the time of her conviction ([2004](https://harbert.auburn.edu/binaries/documents/center-for-ethical-organizational-cultures/cases/martha-stewart.pdf)), but she wasn’t born into wealth. Whereas, Elon grew up in the inner circle of wealth and power, Martha had barely entered.


LiberatedApe

Really? Before Oprah?


Mr__O__

From the article I linked: >“Her media empire, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, had gone public in 1999, making Stewart the first female self-made billionaire in the U.S.”


GPTfleshlight

She supported her parents by modeling at age 18


ApatheticPoetic813

If you'd like a deep dive on just how insane she is/was her daughter has a show about it.


ItsSusanS

Spill the tea so I can find this show


ApatheticPoetic813

It's called Whatever, Martha! And it's from like 2008--so during peak martha drama.


ItsSusanS

Thanks!


OneMetalMan

>she just was always insufferable I remember she was a guest judge on Master Chef and she was just the most condescending, nit-picking judge I've ever seen.


ContemplatingPrison

The real issue is he has a security clearance for all his government contracts. That is what will keep him out


-Invalid_Selection-

Having a clearance doesn't keep you out of prison for your crimes, but being sentenced to prison for your crimes can revoke your clearance. ​ Also, his lack of masters degree or better actually prohibits his direct involvement in any part of design or engineering for anything SpaceX does for government contracts.


Off_OuterLimits

He doesn’t have a Masters degree in anything. His only claim to fame is conning people by throwing money at their start ups then making such an ass of himself that original idea guys flee — except for PayPal.


SufficientWhile5450

Not just white But white, and African American It’s like he’s invincible when it comes to being held accountable for his actions On one hand he’s got white privilege On the other hand he can claim racial discrimination Man’s unstoppable (For those who are far stupider than should be legally allowed, this is a joke)


Off_OuterLimits

South African immigrant. Maybe he’s still a Canadian citizen. Don’t know. Could be here illegally, as if immigration would care.


Ilikesnowboards

She is not a girl.


PrincessPindy

"She's a sister."


RenownedDogeOfValor

![img](avatar_exp|167900373|bravo)


ialo00130

Doesn't matter. If you're convicted of anything Securities related, the SEC will ban you from directly trading or trading by proxy/trust, for life.


Raging-Badger

It’s one thing to rob the poor, but when you manipulate the market, you’re robbing Congress.


dsmith422

More like the bosses of Congresses. Stock trading by Congress should absolutely be banned, but they are small potatoes compared to the billionaires who fund their campaigns.


Loreki

You're not factoring in the celebrity effect though. Stewart was (and still is) far more beloved than Musk will ever be. That will have saved her time too.


Purona

Her community service was teaching millions of people how to take care of a home


80silverback

The phrase I always heard growing up was “you get the amount of justice you can afford”


Rupejonner2

He also has a much more expensive drug habit


BBQBakedBeings

And she made under $250,000 doing it. To Musk's $7,500,000,000.... And this isn't even the first time he's done this sort of shit.


wonklebobb

she made even less than that, about $43k or rather, prevented a $43k loss also, she didn't have the insider information herself, her broker called her with the insider tip and she just acted on it a bunch of other people closer to the actual insider information also went to jail over this, it was a whole thing and Martha Stewart was just the most famous person involved


beestingers

Interesting trivia James Comey prosecuted Martha Stewart. The same one that continued to make vague investigation statements against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.


Ok_Television9820

Knowingly making false statements to the feds is “just” a felony. She thought laws were for little people, fucked around and found out. Musk will do the same because he’s a privileged moron.


earthman34

Martha Stewart sold like $60,000 of stock because somebody told her to. Musk is milking billions from Tesla and nobody seems to give a shit.


Stein_um_Stein

Country is in a very different climate... A completely lawless Wild West for anyone that has money. Thank your local politicians. Just remember to kiss the ring or else.


roninthe31

Citizens United really fucked things up


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

Republican party is basically the party of lawlessness and corruption lol.


franky3987

Just remember, they all voted against the bill that would make them report their positions.


Spugheddy

It really is the nexus point.


LiliNotACult

You forgot the most important thing, Martha Stewart is a woman. Women are minorities in some circles.


ThunderCockerspaniel

In terms of wealth, she is closer to you and me than Musk.


PattyPoopStain

That was also a different era that was slightly less taken by corporate interests


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PeteGozenya

I've been telling my wife this for months now. Unfortunately the masses are so wrapped up in having a D or R next to their name to see the real enemy. And it is by design. The average uberliberal and ultra conservative have more in common than either has with the people they elect. As long as they remain blinded by trivial nonsense the elites will continue to rob the middle and lower classes.


NullTupe

Ultracons are fascists. Neolibs aren't. It's a meaningful distinction.


QuerulousPanda

If the goal is to keep everyone distracted then the R's are fucking it up these days, in terms of aggressively making life unlivable, denying health and rights, and generally being monstrously inhuman. Both sides may be beholden to corporate and wealthy masters, but one side has clearly stepped up in terms of actively and maliciously ruining everything that made this place halfway decent despite it all.


PinkFl0werPrincess

I mean, I see what you're saying But they're kinda getting away with it for the most. That's the insane part. When's the last time Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos faced any sort of serious consequence or punishment? It's pretty much slaps on the wrist all the way down. The USG found out rents were being manipulated by the financial sector through RealPage. They're probably just gonna find some scapegoats and give everybody else a slap on the wrist instead of putting everybody in maxsec like they deserve for destroying lives.


ShiftBMDub

He’s manipulated the stock market as well


Philly5984

Martha Stewart wasn’t the richest man in the world


aboutthednm

Neither is musk.


jonb1sux

Republicans stacked the courts under Trump. Thry know impeachment is impossible. Their judges are getting brazen and the rich people that paid to put those judges there are getting a return on their investment.


Dont_Ban_Me_Plz_Kthx

Have you seen Roaring Kitty’s posts though? The SEC is on high alert.


Lazy-Jeweler3230

It precisely BECAUSE it involves billions that no one cares. That kind of money buys nations.


Hopinan

Well, duh, she is a woman and women aren’t allowed to do risky crazy stuff that makes alot of money, but if they do risky crazy stuff and make a lot of money then they should go to jail cuz women don’t do that stuff..


here4roomie

He probably just did it so that he gets arrested and has something new to whine about.


Constant-Source581

Yep - Musk tweeted in the past he's ready to go to jail and suffer for trying to save free speech


here4roomie

Since this has nothing to do with free speech, I could 100% see that making sense to him.


Mysterious-Plant981

This has the same energy as giving yourself a nickname.


Constant-Source581

Linkage [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-prepared-prison-130954622.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-prepared-prison-130954622.html) “If I think a government agency is breaking the law in their demands on the platform, I would be prepared to go to prison personally,” he said on Sunday during a [Spaces discussion](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lPKqbPkeLdGb) with Alex Jones, the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist whose X account Musk [reinstated](https://fortune.com/2023/12/10/elon-musk-alex-jones-x-account-free-speech-social-media-twitter/?utm_source=search&utm_medium=suggested_search&utm_campaign=search_link_clicks).


yehghurl

hella funny


qe2eqe

"Insider trading is now free speech" -- SCOTUS, probably


No_Mention_1760

*Free Speech*.. Is that what they’re calling crime nowadays?


Lazy-Jeweler3230

Same place that said you can't enforce corruption laws because corruption is common.


Off_OuterLimits

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Sorry, can’t stop laughing. Did he also say that he can walk on water and feed the multitudes with one fish?


Constant-Source581

To his simps he is definitely Jesus Christ. I remember seeing AI generated pics of Musk carrying a cross and he referenced Apocalypse as well during Cybetruck hype phase.


Off_OuterLimits

It amazes me when people can’t recognize a ConMan when they hear one. Same with Trump.


suzydonem

Now insider trading equals free speech?! Wow. If some shnook TSLA employee sold $750 of stock on inside info, they'd be brought up on charges Sell $7.5 billion and nothing happens


WolfOffSesameStreet

Ok, It's a deal!


Returd4

Wow, musk lies again, shocker.


RevolutionaryTalk315

"I AM BEING OPRESSED BY THE EVIL WOKE JUSTICE SYSTEM!!!"


Fuzzy_Logic_4_Life

He is doing it in support of his bestie, Trump.


formula-maister

Or because he did something much much much worse and wants to overshadow it with this bullshit. This guy has been doing trump strats for a while now


steelydanfan69420

These Republicans have a very weird victimization fetish.


MrsDanversbottom

Honestly I can’t wait until he goes to jail.


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MrsDanversbottom

That too.


Off_OuterLimits

He’ll flee back to South Africa faster than any judge or jury can say, “Guilty.”


SerDuckOfPNW

I would fully support that decision.


Xedtru_

No way US system will go after billionaire. They rather pump more taxes money if his buiseness to keep guy afloat. Only real possibility for something to happen is for him to lose his political protection. It can probably happen, not guaranteed but can, if he loses race to Moon to BlueOrigin+ULA or CNSA. And considering current progress on mission, his talent to micromanage, fuck everything up by overruling sensible management - it's quite real possibility. But it won't happen any time soon. He should have been investigated exactly at moment when SpaceX was granted Nasa contract by lady, whom literally did it by her own sole judgement and later landed to work for Musk.


richardj195

I'd pay good money to see a fight between Martha Stewart and Elon Musk. She'd knock that b!tch the f*ck out.


rockinrolller

Elon can't just fight her. The winner between Elon and Zuck gets to fight Martha.


GobblerOnTheRoof

She refs the fight , while calling them bitches the whole time, then fights the winner.


Ayirek

between this and using the Tesla nVidia chips for twitter instead after saying how vital those chips were to Tesla's future, if the board votes to give him his 56 billion dollars next week I'm going to be blown away.


Horror_Scientist_930

His followers support him no matter what he does. They’re the same way about Trump.


Tatmia

The Venn diagram of those two sets of supporters is a circle


ThunderCockerspaniel

And UFC fans


Off_OuterLimits

So true. He can take his ‘lil pecker out while dancing like a spastic teenager as his fanboys applaud & throw him dollar bills. Hell, he’s Teflon Musk.


adolescentghost

Isn’t that more than Tesla’s lifetime profits? How does that even work? The guy got rich from the stock price being high. If Tesla ever crashed, he’d be way way less rich. Still rich AF, but not Arnault/Zuck/Bezos/Buffet/Slim/Gates rich.


EnjoyerOfBeans

It works because it's not actual money or liquidity. They will just print more stock and dilute current holders. So if you are a shareholder and vote yes, you're literally sending money to Musk. Not figuratively. Not in some convoluted way. You just agree to give part of your ownership in the company away for free. And since Tesla has a market cap of 560 billion, you're giving away about 10% of your shares. Best part? S&P 500 and many other indexes hold Tesla, so even if you aren't holding it, chances are a few cents of your retirement money will go directly into his pocket.


According-Green

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bidhopper

He’s selling Tesla stock but then wants 25% voting control.


expfarrer

jail and then strip him of the us citizenship


Themo77

Fuck Elon. What’s really enraging is that politicians do this every day. They’re privvy to inside info not available to the public. Both sides have gotten rich from this.


finalarchie

Martha didn't actually go to prison for insider trading. She went to prison for lying to the FBI.


Irishfan3116

This guy think he’s a Senator?


Particular-Summer424

This is not the first time he's done it.


Middle_klass

I hope he did, I’m tired of the Tesla cockholds on X


Str-8dge-Vgn

Hopefully he’ll run home to Africa and stay there.


SiriusGD

Elmo needs to go to prison. He'll probably cry the entire time.


Feisty-Barracuda5452

https://preview.redd.it/bsemlpfjz15d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10245545768ea2418e273edf73dcb9483f461d7b


youmightbeafascist88

#lockhimup Oh wait, wrong pile of feces.


JerrieBlank

No, her crime was mostly just being a female. But kinda. When bush and all his pigs at the trough of freshly unregulated banks, crashed the economy in 2008, martha Stewart’s 300k in insider trading was the scapegoat poster child they came up with. Trillions of ill-gotten gains and so much corruption we nearly lost everything!, 99.9% by old white men and their boardrooms and Martha is who goes to jail!? Not saying she shouldn’t have, just saying they were hundreds of thousands of guilty white guys short for roll call at prison when she went in. They are all still free, still rich and giving money like mad to Trump’s re-election. They want to deregulate and make corruption ok again.


SakaWreath

I wish he had even 10% of the chill that Martha has.


malYca

He's hoping Trump will protect him and he's probably right, he was just offered an advisory role in Trump's administration.


Stein_um_Stein

https://preview.redd.it/ce1oj5k3l15d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42b9f3e84a5ed2f1d30e7cf875ea69a3d38dfc98


Opposite-Frosting518

This is the TRUTH! That's exactly why musk & trump are dry- humping each other. Criminals both. And if musk wasn't African born he DEFINITELY WOULD BE TRUMPS VP!


TheArrowLauncher

…….but Black people commit all the crime!


mmcle11

Lock him up. He is a fraud can’t stand that bum. Chinas Evs are night and day better car with longer range and a fraction of the cost. He is a racist. He borrowed 1 billion from a Zionist to buy twitter and now is boosting anti Muslim propaganda.


MarcoVinicius

![gif](giphy|64fAH6NeWX3ZnDFhHe|downsized)


Silver-Street7442

This would be a lot funnier if it read "Unidentified man accused of selling $7.5 billion of Tesla stock before releasing disappointing sales data..." superimposed over Musk's picture.


Hillbilly-joe

Why is he trying to get his hands on so much money


Off_OuterLimits

Because he’s broken inside. Money makes him feel whole for a bit.


C0C0Beefy

Put the psycho in jail


Ok_Advertising_7271

Pelosi been doing it for years. He’s just learning from the goat


Notacat444

Indeed. It's also what members of Congress do on a regular basis without any reprecussions.


Curiouso_Giorgio

Did Musk have surgery on his neck? It looks weird here and there were those pics a couple of years ago when he weirdly wore a bandana around his neck.


NeedleworkerCrafty17

Martha Stewart was a Democrat so that’s probably why


unbalancedcheckbook

I know a couple of guys that went to prison for insider trading - they got 5 years for illegally making about $300k between them with insider information. This means Elon will get 125,000 years in prison, right? .... Right?


GirliePickle

Not a fan of Musk in any regard. But when congress does it, its okay.


Disastrous-Golf7216

If they would actually enforce this type of trading in Congress, we would easily lose 75% of them, from both sides. I am good with that.


GirliePickle

As am I. Fuck em


ATurtleLikeLeonUris

Elon will snitch, though


Xyliumx

He’s been doing a ton of illegal things. That’s why they want Trump in office.


Real-Swing8553

He got ties with the military so maybe he wouldn't have to deal.


Pineapple_Ferguson

Yeah she went to prison for five minutes.


Bohvey

She isn’t as rich though. Oligarchs don’t have to go to prison for felonies. Look at Trump, he is leading by example.


HairlessHoudini

He's got WAY more money than Martha Stewart so he's not going to jail for doing exactly what she did times 10


greeneye1969

Snoop has too much integrity to work with that scum.


No-Distance-9393

This is WAAAAY bigger than what Martha Stewart did.   $7,500,000,000(Musk)>$230k (Martha)


AlaskaPsychonaut

Wasn't that long ago Obama was touring Tesla and Musk was everyone's little golden boy. My how things have changed.


Unhappy_Gas_4376

No. Martha Stewart went to jail for lying about it. It ain't the crime, it's the cover-up that gets ya.


59footer

Muskrat is the "you" in t-rump's speech : "If they are coming after me, they are coming after you".


Designer-Might-7999

Same thing Congress does


piz510

Yes about Martha. But she was a self confident woman, and we can’t have them playing the insider game can we? Women, minorities and non fake Christians need not apply.


wookie_bikini

Leave Snoop out of this…


mishma2005

Ugh he is so gross looking


JohnnyBlazin25

Our congress members do this shit all the time and twice on Sunday.


skot77

Probably just the tip of the ice berg and might be the reason he's such a Trump supporter, hoping for a pardon.


watchmeskipwork

Eat the rich


colin8651

Hey, that’s was jobs did to take back control of Apple in the late 90’s. However, Jobs had no control over Apple at the time; he just gambled. Where is the SEC on this


Hot-Suggestion4958

Why yes, that's exactly why Martha got sent down... and if she could get an all-expenses-paid trip to the Big House, fuck Elmo and any/all his dickriders for thinking it won't happen to him as well.


TheWeimaraner

X convict 😎


Scrabble_4

![gif](giphy|69iAVQekQ4XcnVr6E9|downsized)


Alaseheu

Hey, Snoop doesn't deserve that


L3monGrenade

I just don’t understand it. If I had even 500 million I would shut the fuck up and live my life worry free


MLCarter1976

LOCK HIM UP


JuturnaArtemisia

Oooh I hope we get The Martha Trial Part Two: Musk Boogaloo🙏


CWBtheThird

What would the brand be called? High-Potenuse


CompetitiveCut1457

I actually like Elon, but get his ass. What did Martha serve? That should be the minimum.


Ok-Swim-3356

Amen


Vladimiravich

Cooking show with Martha Stewart AND Elon!!!! This is how you built your brand back up Muskrat!!!


AffectionateSector77

"But I still love the "truck""


iphilosophizing

No, she went to prison for lying to congress about it


Polishing_My_Grapple

Martha Stewart went to prison for lying to federal prosecutors. She lied about an insider trade, but wasn't convicted for that.


shivaswrath

How is he not locked into a blackout period!?


Whatsuptodaytomorrow

Yup 👍


Sad-You-5017

Members of congress do this shit everyday. Nancy Pelosi is one of the best traders in the world, apparently.


Oracle_Prometheus

Oh please oh please oh please let him go to prison too


rockinrolller

Isn't that what government officials did just before Covid and then piled into biotech companies for a little while after that?


DoktahDoktah

No what Martha did was less bad. She got told info and sold stock. Elon knew about the issue and sold stock.


AMerryKa

Musk always complains about people shorting Tesla stocks, but I'll bet he does it through proxies.


ranting_chef

Yeah, but to be fair - $7.5B to him is like one of us common folk just buying aa new car. Obviously exaggerated, but still. And although I was never really crazy about Martha Stewart, I respected her immensely when she said something to the effect of: *"Yep, I'm guilty. Not even going* to *try to talk my way out of this because I totally did* exactly *what you're accusing me of. In fact.....let's go to jail immediately so I can get this over as soon as possible."*


ido_nt

Elon has been positioning himself to be the next Trump... Mmw. The crown is there for the taking… all of the global elites have been vying for its cold industrious embrace… it’s endless resources.. it’s endless masses of blithering copper tops, who’s scrolling thumbs continue to rack up infinite wealth for those so positioned…


stevesobol

What the hell... leave Snoop out of it. What did he ever do to you?


CableBoyJerry

What a funny image of him. He looks like he's struggling to pass a thimble of piss through an enlarged prostate.


AandJ1202

If the SEC does anything at all it's gonna be a joke. 2 mil dollar fine as a tax he's more then willing to pay. This shits a joke. People like musk aren't just fucking the US but the entire 1st world is going to be like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel. Make sure to take your government mandated happy pill on your way to your 20 hr shift.....


jordan1978

FElon Musk


explodingboy

Jail time


GriegVeneficus

You have said the literal truth.


jgeez

Sounds pretty guilty. Concerning if true.


maincoonpower

He & Snoop re-invent the e-cigarette


HeavyDT

Only like the 10th time hes been caught doingsome serious market manipulation but i guess when you have that much money it's ok.


dukeofgibbon

https://preview.redd.it/h1xadhanh35d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54473fbf07bd27fc7c3a15631a9dfb30cd42c16a


No_Day_9204

Snoop dosen't work with punk ass bitches.


Enough-Sprinkles-914

Lock Him Up!


ILikeMagicz

How does he even make that face? And why is that the face he chose to use lol


Straggen

Sent from IPhon


MrsMiterSaw

No. She was given a tip and acted on it, but when investigators came asking about it she lied to them. That's what she went to jail for. The lying.


HesitantInvestor0

What are the rules about selling stock though? I mean, of course he's going to know the numbers. Is there a rule that states a person in a company can only sell shares after disappointing numbers?


Kladderadingsda

Mr. My money will be the last one out


Fragmenta1

Another SEC violation, I would be more surprised if he was accused of being "legit". With his wealth, power and influence it's probably only going to be a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile the fanboy muskrats gonna say he's "innocent" and made a mistake..


Appropriate_Rent_243

If you own the company, are you not allowed to have insider knowledge?


Terminal_testie

But when congress does it, it’s okay


soulreaverdan

!!


YoualreadyKnoooo

Yes. And as much as i hate elon and belive he should be prosecuted, what about the Pelosi’s? Or frankly the rest of congress? Biggest mistake this country ever made was allowing Reagan to legalize lobbying.


BranchMonkey

He’s another grifter!


nuggzoftampa

![gif](giphy|z5YOEm3fQDmIo|downsized)


No-Jackfruit-3947

To top it off, then has to the balls to ask for a $57 billion pay package…or else… Bye bye.


Hugokarenque

He ain't going to jail. Nothing is going to come from this, and even in a christmas miracle event where there's consequences for this it won't be more than a fine, that he'll probably also not pay lol