Nonprofit government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has asked the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) to investigate whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has engaged in “improper” business dealings with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. 

In an letter sent to Mitch Behm, the US Inspector General for the US Department of Transportation (DOT), which was made public on March 13, 2025, CLC noted that the FAA considered contracts with the company “in response to Musks’s requests”.  

Musk currently holds two significant positions as a special government employee (‘SGE’) under the administration of US President Donald Trump, plus the CEO of Tesla, X, and SpaceX, a subsidiary of Starlink. This situation raises concerns about a potential conflict of interest in the awarding of certain government contracts.   

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