Several bombs were found at a Tesla dealership in Texas on Monday, as the company's founder Elon Musk faces a violent political backlash.
A bomb squad retrieved a number of working "incendiary devices" after police were called to a Tesla dealership in Austin.
“This is an open and ongoing investigation, and there is no further information available for release at this time,” the department said.
While police do not have a suspect, it comes after a series of violent attacks on Tesla dealerships all across the country.
Musk has faced furious backlash for his role in aggressively slashing the federal government through the Department of Government Efficiency. He is at the center of an emerging Democratic party narrative about an "oligarchy" that President Trump is supposedly establishing.
Leftists are fighting back against this "oligarchy" with anarchy. Individuals have set fires, sprayed political messages and even fired bullets at Tesla property.
The Trump administration is treating the wave of arson and vandalism like domestic terrorism, with the FBI under Kash Patel announcing a new task force to investigate the threats.
"The FBI will be relentless in its mission to protect the American people. Acts of violence, vandalism, and domestic terrorism — like the recent Tesla attacks — will be pursued with the full force of the law," the FBI said in a statement to ABC News.
The recent attacks against Tesla appear to fit the typical definition of terrorism, which involves the use of political violence to advance an agenda. The FBI has tracked incidents in at least nine states.
"These criminal actions appear to have been conducted by lone offenders, and all known incidents occurred at night," the FBI said last week. "Individuals require little planning to use rudimentary tactics, such as improvised incendiary devices and firearms, and may perceive these attacks as victimless property crimes."
President Trump has stood by Musk, even buying a Tesla at the White House to support him.
The president issued a fresh warning last week to anti-Tesla "terrorist thugs", suggesting they could serve hard time in El Salvador's infamously brutal prisons.
"I look forward to watching the sick terrorist thugs get 20 year jail sentences for what they are doing to Elon Musk and Tesla," Trump said.
"Perhaps they would serve them in the prisons of El Salvador, which have become so recently famous for such lovely conditions."
