'Big deal': Maddow warns Trump may bury Tesla autopilot crash probe as Musk cozies up

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow shined a light on one of the more controversial ways tech billionaire Elon Musk's close relationship with President-elect Donald Trump may be about to pay off: the shutdown of a massive federal investigation into his Tesla "autopilot" feature.

Since Musk rolled out the feature to paying drivers around Thanksgiving of 2022, the program has faced scrutiny over a series of crashes that allegedly happened while the cars were in full self-driving mode, Maddow said. That...