Musk accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of harassment The accusation was made in a letter to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan. She presided over a 2018 settlement with the SEC stemming from a series of tweets Musk made about
plans to make Tesla a nonpublic company. Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro believes the reason for the SEC's relentless investigation is that
Musk is openly critical of the government.