Pam Bondi says she wants 20 years in prison for Colorado man accused of firebombing Tesla dealership

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has said she intends to question a 20-year situation condemnation against a Colorado antheral accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership.

Cooper Jo Frederick, 24, was arrested successful Fort Collins earlier this period connected suspicion of throwing an incendiary instrumentality betwixt 2 vehicles extracurricular a dealership successful adjacent Loveland connected March 7.

It was 1 of a spate of caller incidents successful which Tesla vehicles oregon buildings — not conscionable successful the USA, but besides overseas — person been vandalized, defaced with Nazi symbols, oregon acceptable ablaze, seemingly successful protestation against Elon Musk's relation successful the Trump administration.

Bondi has vowed to dainty these attacks arsenic "domestic terrorism", portion Musk and Trump person some claimed without grounds that the incidents were coordinated. So far, nary 1 appears to person been wounded successful specified incidents.

"I've made it clear: if you instrumentality portion successful the question of home coercion against Tesla properties, we volition find you, apprehension you, and enactment you down bars," Bondi said connected Musk's societal web X connected Monday arsenic she announced national charges against Frederick.

"All of these cases are a superior nationalist menace to nationalist safety. Therefore, determination volition beryllium nary negotiating; we are seeking 20 years successful prison...

"Let this beryllium a warning: you tin run, but you cannot hide. Justice is coming."

As good arsenic Frederick, national prosecutors person charged 42-year-old Lucy Grace Nelson with trying to usage Molotov cocktails to airy Teslas connected occurrence successful Loveland.

Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, is accused of throwing 8 Molotov cocktails astatine a Tesla dealership successful Salem, Oregon, portion equipped with a suppressed semi-automatic rifle.

A 3rd individual, Daniel Brendan Kurt Clarke-Pounder, allegedly “wrote profane messages against President Trump” and lit Tesla charging stations connected occurrence successful Charleston, South Carolina.

Despite Musk's claims, instrumentality enforcement officials and coercion experts person said that determination is nary grounds truthful acold that the attacks are coordinated.

Meanwhile, crowds of peaceful protesters gathered extracurricular Tesla buildings crossed the federation connected Saturday, aiming to "tank Tesla's banal terms to halt Musk". Protest organizers stressed that they "oppose violence, vandalism, and demolition of property".

Musk's fervent enactment for Trump and his relation successful slashing budgets and shutting down U.S. authorities programs without authorization from Congress person made him a lightning rod for disapproval crossed the governmental spectrum.

"Kill Tesla, prevention the country," wrote anti-Trump Republican Rick Wilson successful a blog station calling for "peaceful protests", aft which helium was rapidly banned from X.

"Tesla is nary longer conscionable a car company; it’s a slope for fascists, a goose-stepping hedge money bankrolling the governmental fever dreams of Elon Musk and DOGE," Wilson said.

"Pressure connected Tesla is unit connected Musk. Break Tesla’s stock, and you commencement to interruption Elon’s quality to bankroll authoritarian fantasies…and if that kneecaps Trump successful the process, well, boo-hoo."