Elon Musk Sued for Defamation Over ‘False Flag’ Neo-Nazi Claim

Elon Musk was hit with a defamation suit accusing him of promoting a conspiracy theory falsely identifying a California man as a federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi street brawler for a “false flag” government operation.

Ben Brody, 22, sued Musk Monday in Texas state court over the billionaire’s endorsement of social media posts that compared an Instagram profile of Brody to a photo of a Portland, Oregon, White supremacist who violently clashed with the Proud Boys while both groups were protesting a June 24 Pride event in the city.

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Source: Bloomberg

Internet personalities cited the profile, which identified Brody as ...