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Elon Musk shares clip by ‘pro-Hitler’ conspiracy theorist

Owner of X also expressed support for jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson

January 7, 2025 09:07
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Elon Musk has come under fire for amplifying a video by a former US Marine who has previously who has repeatedly denied the holocaust and published antisemitic conspiracy theories.

The world’s richest man, who owns social media platform X, shared a video of Ken O’Keefe falsely claiming that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “excused Jimmy Savile”.

O’Keefe, a former Marine, who is also a keen pro-Palestine campaigner and took part in the infamous 2010 Gaza flotilla, said Starmer was: “the one who signed off and said there wasn’t enough evidence” over the failure to prosecute the former TV star for his sexual abuse of women and children over many years.

There is no evidence to suggest that Starmer was personally involved in the decision not to prosecute Savile when the Labour leader was Director of Public Prosecutions between 2008-2013.