NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff,” top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that there will never be a better time to buy Tesla stock, in what legal scholars say could be a Hatch Act violation.

A Trump official urged Americans to “buy Tesla” on live TV. Experts say that could violate federal ethics laws. Here’s what the rules say—and why this time, there may be no consequences.

President Donald Trump selected a shiny red Tesla on the White House driveway as he showed support for Elon Musk's electric automaker.

President Donald Trump suggested that people found guilty of damaging Tesla properties could serve their sentences in El Salvador prisons. The threat came after Attorney General Pam Bondi touted federal cases against people accused of setting fire to Tesla cars and property,

The White House is going to bat for Tesla as Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company suffers from financial woes and faces increasingly violent backlash. President Trump and top administration officials have touted Teslas on the White House lawn and urged Americans to buy the company’s struggling stock.