In a highly unusual move, the Justice Department has asked a Mississippi court to throw out a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s company xAI for its use of polluting gas turbines to power a data center.

The Trump administration is helping one of Elon Musk’s companies fight a civil rights lawsuit that alleges it is illegally running dozens of natural gas turbines to power a $20 billion data center in Mississippi.

The Justice Department once tried to stay out of state elections, urging caution. It is now pressing forward with claims of fraud as President Trump revives his unfounded assertions that elections cannot be trusted.

Daniel Klaidman, an investigative reporter based in New York, is the former editor-in-chief of Yahoo News and former managing editor of Newsweek. He has over two decades of experience covering politics, foreign affairs, national security and law.

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Department staffers investigating the Warner acquisition were leaning toward recommending a challenge to the merger, people familiar with the matter say.

Bill Baer, who led the Justice Department’s antitrust division under President Barack Obama, said the department’s statement “will offer Paramount a federal government stamp of approval on the arguments they will no doubt make if there is a challenge by the states or by private plaintiffs.”