# Elon Musk’s $445 million midterm bet may have won him only a subpoena

https://mins.news/en/video/131767

- CNN, 2026-11-06 02:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfxsi-u68wc

> Elon Musk spent more on the election than any individual donor before him, but most of the Republicans he backed lost. The question is whether a Democratic-controlled Congress will scrutinize his businesses and his work at DOGE.

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