Gallego joins TMZ, Grills Elon Musk and Calls on Him to Testify

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) joined TMZ’s Jacob Wasserman to chat about the senator’s call to subpoena Elon Musk after he kneecapped Ukraine in their war against Russia when he limited their critical access to the military version of Starlink, Starshield. In the wake of that decision, civilians were killed. Watch: TMZ: Sen. Ruben Gallego: We’re Playing Musical Chairs After Election Chaos… Then We’ll Go After Elon On why Americans should be worried about Elon Musk’s throttling of Starshield: “What happened with Starshield being shut down in Ukraine should scare us all. “A private company interfering in international relations, national security,and foreign security — everything else like that — that potentially affects our relationships, our alliances, our goals, and ensuring our interests as a nation should scare us. And, so, we should be subpoenaing Elon Musk to see what happened. “Who made the decision to shut down Starshield? That cost the Ukrainians, by the way, hundreds of civilians’ deaths. “I want to know what the decision-making process was. Was it Elon Musk making the decision? Did he talk to somebody about this? Did he ask permission from the U.S. government? Was it somebody in Europe that he talked to? Or did he just make a decision on his own? “We have a right — because we are big vendors of Starlink and Starshield — to know what was the process, and is this a national security threat?” On how soon the new Congress should subpoena Elon Musk: “January. Because we don’t know how extensive this is. “What happens if he does this again? What happens if he does this again to Ukraine, in the middle of winter, when they’re going to get attacked by Russia? “What happens if he gets pissed off by whatever we do? Can he shut down our contracts with Starshield or Starlink? The American public needs to know. And my job as a senator is to make sure that he’s not a threat.”