Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead USDOT, promised to not interfere with ongoing NHTSA investigations into Tesla if confirmed as secretary.

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Donald Trump's nominee for Transportation Secretary has pledged to allow ongoing safety investigations into Tesla vehicles to continue, despite the close relationship between the former president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Donald Trump’s pick for Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, received a warm reception during his confirmation hearing.

streamline regulations and not interfere in ongoing agency investigations into Elon Musk’s electric car company if confirmed as secretary. Former Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy said at his ...

During a confirmation hearing in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Sean Duffy, who is a former Republican congressman and lobbyist, claimed that he would allow the regulatory process to work itself out when it came to the car company owned by Trump’s buddy and political benefactor, Elon Musk.

The South Dakota governor will oversee a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and a clampdown on illegal immigration.

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