Tech entrepreneur and free speech advocate Elon Musk will hold a live video town hall event with former President Donald Trump after he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying businesses records on Thursday.
Citing an individual familiar with the plans, the Wall Street Journal, the first outlet to report on Musk's town hall event with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, reported that X is "joining with the television network NewsNation to air" presidential candidate town hall events live on both platforms.
X users will reportedly be able to submit questions for the candidates, and so far X is only planning such events for presidential candidates.
"This will be interesting," Musk remarked of the town hall in a Friday morning post to X.
A jury found Trump guilty on all counts after two days of deliberations in his New York criminal trial on Thursday.
Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments to Michael Cohen, who had paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 ahead of the 2016 election.
Musk reacted to Trump's conviction in a post to X early Friday morning, writing, "Indeed, great damage was done today to the public’s faith in the American legal system."
"If a former President can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter – motivated by politics, rather than justice – then anyone is at risk of a similar fate," he added.
The Wall Street Journal reported that President Biden's re-election campaign declined the invitation to appear for a town hall with Musk. A similar event is reportedly being planned with independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.
Citing an individual familiar with the plans, the Wall Street Journal, the first outlet to report on Musk's town hall event with the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, reported that X is "joining with the television network NewsNation to air" presidential candidate town hall events live on both platforms.
X users will reportedly be able to submit questions for the candidates, and so far X is only planning such events for presidential candidates.
"This will be interesting," Musk remarked of the town hall in a Friday morning post to X.
A jury found Trump guilty on all counts after two days of deliberations in his New York criminal trial on Thursday.
Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments to Michael Cohen, who had paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 ahead of the 2016 election.
Musk reacted to Trump's conviction in a post to X early Friday morning, writing, "Indeed, great damage was done today to the public’s faith in the American legal system."
"If a former President can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter – motivated by politics, rather than justice – then anyone is at risk of a similar fate," he added.
The Wall Street Journal reported that President Biden's re-election campaign declined the invitation to appear for a town hall with Musk. A similar event is reportedly being planned with independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.
