'You know that's true, Scott': CNN's Jennings fact-checked on Elon Musk's overreach

CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings mocked a former Obama official for claiming she was terrified over Elon Musk's "conflict of interest" with the government agencies he's tasked with reforming.

"Okay, fine. you want to make cuts, make cuts," Xochitl Hinojosa declared on Sunday's State of the Union. "There are significant conflicts of interest when it comes to Elon Musk, and that is the problem. He owns several businesses where personal data and personal information could benefit his financial interests."

She continued, "And the sources that I've been talking to within the FBI are actually terrified that he is trying to put people within the FBI in order to advance his financial interests. One example of that is, he wants the FBI to start using Starlink. So how frightening is that?"

Anchor Dana Bash interjected to clarify that "Starlink is his own internet company."

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"He wants FBI to start using Starlink to start tracking people. Now, that is terrifying to me that he, he is not acting, as as Scott likes to say, 'On behalf of the president.' He is acting on behalf of himself, and I think people should be very scared about that."

"You're terrified that the FBI might have the internet?" Jennings quipped.

"No, I'm terrified that Elon Musk is putting people in federal agencies to figure out business opportunities for him, and you know that's true, Scott!"

"I think that's overblown," Jennings said. "He's the richest man in the world — "

"That's concerning!" Hinojosa exclaimed.

Jennings continued, "He's like sleeping on the whatever, the floor of a government office building seven days a week in order help this government. The spending is interesting. We're not going to balance the budget based on these spending cuts, although some of this stuff is patently, objectively ridiculous. And when I see Democrats rushing out to defend some of the things that are, you know, that that he's cutting, I mean, it makes the Democratic Party sink to a very low levels."

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