Elon Musk's ex-girlfriend Ashley St. Clair has released text messages where Musk bragged about using space technology to swing the 2024 election — bad news for Musk, and potentially for Trump.

• St. Clair shared texts where Musk wrote about unleashing an "anomaly in the Matrix" and claimed to have "over 10,000 lasers in space."
• She joked about getting deposed, and Musk replied "wise" with a laughing emoji — suggesting he knew the claims were legally risky.
• Musk was also sending her real-time vote data from his America PAC that would not be available from normal door-knocking.
• Trump reportedly believed Musk had some secret tool that helped him win, which may explain why Musk was given so much power early in the administration.
• The real activity could range from straight-up vote machine hacking to illegally merging voter data with other sources to target the giant voter lottery payments.

Outlook: St. Clair says she has the material backed up with others, and depositions or legal action over Musk's election activities now look more likely.