US Government Backs Musk and X in Bid to Overturn $137 Million EU Fine

The US Department of Justice filed an application with the Department of State to support Elon Musk’s challenge to annul a $137 million EU fine against X. Luxembourg’s EU General Court will decide if Washington may intervene; the US cites protection of American companies against the EU’s first Digital Services Act sanction. Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate said the US will not tolerate European Commission overreach, citing implications for US-EU relations after Donald Trump called the penalties “overseas extortion.”