NYT’s Twohey: We Asked the W.H. If They Had Drug Tested Musk, They Refused to Answer Those Questions

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TWOHEY: "Well, I think that that’s a really good question. And obviously, our story comes at this moment when he is departing from Washington, at least to some extent. And I think that we’re, you know, all of us are going to be processing and analyzing what has happened, both publicly, but also behind the scenes over the past year. And it’s also important to note that while our reporting on his drug use, this drug use that was much more intense than previously known kind of only went up through the end of last year, and we can’t say with certainty whether he was using continued to use drugs once he entered the White House and was given the keys to slash the federal bureaucracy. And, you know, listen, we asked the White House about whether or not they had drug tested Musk, and they refused to answer those questions. Spacex one of his companies, after he smoked weed in 2018 on Joe Rogan’s podcast. You know, that triggered spacex has billions of dollars in contracts, and they are required because of that, to maintain a drug free workplace and test their employees. And our reporting showed that Musk received advance warnings of those tests. So what’s certain is that there doesn’t seem to be any like there hasn’t been any sort of scrutiny or true monitoring or testing of this drug use, even as it sort of bubbled up behind the scenes. And, you know, today the White House issued a statement saying to us, saying that they, you know, just basically saying that they gave Musk a lot of credit for what he’s done, but still refusing to answer our questions about whether or not they’ve drug tested him."

WALLACE: "But importantly, did they deny anything in your story?"

TWOHEY: "Nobody has denied anything in our story. And today at this press conference, you know, the first question that Musk fielded was about our story. And he shut that down. He didn’t even let the question out in its entirety. He just, you know, he refused to engage in our reporting. He, you know, he hadn’t responded to our questions. So we started to submit as early as Monday. And he basically just instructed everybody to move on."