Democratic US Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Jack Reed said in a letter that the Pentagon and law enforcement agencies should investigate reports that billionaire Elon Musk made multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin. For reasons related to national security.

Musk, who was appointed to a senior government position by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees Department of Defense and Intelligence contracts worth billions of dollars in his capacity as CEO of the aerospace company SpaceX.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed told Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Defense Inspector General that Musk's involvement in these SpaceX programs should be investigated for possible exclusion from contracts and concessions. Certain after reports issued last October about his conversations with Russian officials.

They stated in a joint letter dated Friday that “these ties between a known adversary of the United States and Mr. Musk, who is a beneficiary of billions of dollars in US government funding, raise serious questions about Mr. Musk’s credibility as a government contractor and privy to classified information.”

Several Democratic lawmakers have publicly called for an investigation into Musk's contacts with Moscow since the Wall Street Journal reported last month on the alleged contact, but the message to US officials who could conduct such an investigation has not been previously made public.

Donald Trump is preparing to return to the White House with the support of Musk, who spent more than $119 million on Trump’s election campaign, and Trump appointed him co-head of the Ministry of Government Efficiency in the new administration.

Last month, the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed American, European and Russian officials, reported that Musk had held multiple conversations with Russian officials, including Putin and Sergei Kiriyenko, the first deputy presidential chief of staff, who the US Department of Justice accuses of leading a propaganda campaign to influence voters. Before the US elections.