Bloomberg: Senator Warren Calls on Musk to Reveal Conflicts of Interest

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling on billionaire Elon Musk to publicly release his financial disclosure forms, which would detail any potential conflicts of interest as he rapidly reshapes the federal government.

Warren, alongside Democratic Senators Adam Schiff and Richard Blumenthal, on Thursday sent a letter to Musk urging him to "immediately" make public details about his sources of income, stock holdings, and other assets.

"Without that information, the American people have no way of fully assessing your conflicts of interest, the extent to which those conflicts may influence your agenda within the Trump Administration, or the ways in which your financial interests are on a collision course with the public interest," the senators wrote.

Trump designated Musk a "special government employee," allowing him to sidestep some financial-disclosure rules that apply to most administration employees. The White House previously said Musk will file a "confidential" financial disclosure report and police any conflicts of interest himself.

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