‘Domestic terrorism’ hits Tesla drivers, dealers as former FBI field boss warns it could get worse

A erstwhile high-level FBI peculiar cause said helium expects governmental unit successful the United States to proceed escalating amid the nationwide demolition of Tesla vehicles and dealerships aimed astatine intimidating Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caput Elon Musk. 

Michael Tabman is the erstwhile peculiar cause successful complaint of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office, and helium said determination is nary uncertainty that caller convulsive attacks faced by Tesla owners and dealerships are wide cases of home terrorism. 

"I bash fearfulness that much unit is connected its way," Tabman told Fox News Digital. "Maybe not straight Teslas oregon DOGE, but conscionable wide governmental violence. I deliberation it's already here. But I deliberation there's much astir the corner."

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Authorities are investigating a imaginable arson onslaught involving a Molotov cocktail connected 5 Teslas astatine a collision halfway successful Las Vegas connected March 18, 2025. (Souphany Vannavong via Storyful)

This week, a website called "DOGEQUEST" became progressive and purports to person compiled a database of Tesla owners, their addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses successful an evident effort to dox mean Americans who thrust Teslas. The tract besides contains a representation of Tesla dealerships and charging stations. 

"I deliberation close now, fixed the tenor of society, fixed the rhetoric that we hear, the dogma that we perceive and that a batch of what we perceive is filled with unit oregon convulsive undertones, I say, yes, I deliberation we are becoming a much reactionary country," Tabman said. "We're a much divided country, hatred for the different broadside is boiling over, and I'm putting this successful connected some sides."

Asked astir the prospects of de-escalating governmental violence, Tabman was pessimistic.

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"It's not realistic. I conscionable don't spot it arsenic realistic," helium said. "And you know, determination are immoderate radical who deliberation successful presumption of, hey, this is working. Let's accidental they're anti-DOGE oregon anti-Trump, and they consciousness that, hey, [if] we support doing this, yet we'll benignant of overthrow – not virtually overthrow – but benignant of dethrone the king."

Attorney General Pam Bondi said successful a connection Tuesday evening that "the swarm of convulsive attacks connected Tesla spot is thing abbreviated of home terrorism."

Tabman did promote radical to code down their rhetoric due to the fact that inflammatory connection tin beryllium interpreted by others arsenic a justification to perpetrate convulsive acts. 

"Let's recognize what we're aggravated astatine and what's the due mode of expressing your anger, and unit is not the due mode to bash it," helium said. 

The latest enactment of anti-Musk unit was directed astatine a Tesla collision and income halfway successful Las Vegas aboriginal Tuesday morning, wherever astatine slightest 5 vehicles were damaged, and 2 were acceptable ablaze.

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Five Tesla vehicles were acceptable connected occurrence and changeable astatine successful what constabulary are investigating arsenic a "targeted attack" astatine a section repair halfway successful Las Vegas connected March 18, 2025. (Hal Sparks via Storyful)

Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), who oversees the department's homeland information and investigative services division, said successful a property league Tuesday day that a fishy wearing each achromatic covering utilized a firearm and Molotov cocktails to behaviour the attack. 

The connection "Resist" was spray-painted connected the beforehand doors of the business.

Doren said that successful effect to the attack, LVMPD has accrued its constabulary beingness astatine section Tesla locations. 

Spencer Evans, peculiar cause successful complaint of the Las Vegas FBI Field Office, besides spoke astatine the property conference, saying the incidental has the "hallmarks" of home terrorism.

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"The FBI is moving with our instrumentality enforcement partners to analyse a fig of incidents successful which Tesla charging stations and dealerships were damaged," the bureau said successful a connection to Fox News Digital connected Wednesday. "Incidents person occurred successful respective states and the FBI is coordinating with federal, state, and section instrumentality enforcement partners to stitchery information. We would similar to punctual members of the nationalist that if they observe thing suspicious oregon person accusation astir imaginable threats to study it to section instrumentality enforcement immediately, telephone their section FBI tract office, oregon interaction our tipline astatine 1-800-call-FBI."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Tesla for comment.

Other cases of unit against Tesla owners and dealerships are piling up rapidly crossed the country. 

In different suspected arson case, 2 Cybertrucks caught occurrence astatine a dealership successful Kansas City connected Monday. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a associated connection saying that they are moving with the Kansas City Police Department to investigate. 

"Similar incidents person occurred successful respective states and the FBI and ATF are coordinating with federal, state, and section instrumentality enforcement partners to stitchery information," the connection said. 

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Police successful Tigard, Oregon, person investigated 2 abstracted instances of shootings astatine a section Tesla dealership, 1 connected March 13, and different connected March 6. 

During the March 13 incident, Tigard Police noted that "a twelve shots were fired astatine the dealership causing extended harm to cars and showroom windows." 

They said connected March 6 that astatine slightest 7 shots were fired astatine the dealership.

"While the information for this has not been confirmed, we are alert that different Tesla dealerships person been targeted crossed Oregon and the federation for governmental reasons," the constabulary section said. "To guarantee a thorough and broad-scope investigation, we are moving with our national partners, including the FBI and ATF, to analyse this case."

Vehicles are seen parked astatine the Tesla works successful Fremont, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

On March 10, 4 Cybertrucks were acceptable connected occurrence astatine a Seattle dealership. The ATF is moving with Seattle Police connected that case. 

In Colorado, Lucy Grace Nelson, besides known arsenic Justin Thomas Nelson, 42, was arrested successful precocious February aft aggregate explosives were recovered astatine a Tesla dealership. Nelson is accused of utilizing a Molotov cocktail to effort to acceptable a Cybertruck connected occurrence successful 1 incident, and connected a abstracted day, spray-painting the connection "NAZI" connected the dealership's sign. 

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Tesla vehicles are not the lone people of anti-Musk rage. 

On March 7, a antheral present identified arsenic Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, allegedly acceptable occurrence to 3 Tesla conveyance charging stations successful North Charleston, South Carolina.

According to a connection from the U.S. District Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, Clarke was witnessed utilizing Molotov cocktails during the incidental and is accused of spray-painting "F--- Trump, agelong unrecorded Ukraine," adjacent the scene.

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He was arrested by the ATF successful conjunction with the North Charleston Police Department and charged with arson. He faces up to 20 years successful national situation if convicted.