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Two-time All-Star Charlie Maxwell has died, the Tigers announced on Saturday . The longtime Detroit outfielder was 97 years old. A lifelong Michigan resident, Maxwell played college ball at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, working primarily as a pitcher during that time. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1945 and spent two years in the military before being discharged and joining the Red Sox minor league system as a pitcher, though he appeared in just ten games before converting to the outfield. Maxwell made his major league debut in 1950 with a three-game cup of coffee that saw him draw a walk and score a run but strike out three times without recording a hit in nine trips to the plate. Maxwell bounced between the big league Red Sox and the club’s minor league system with lackluster results at the big league level for a number of years, hitting just .203/.289/.285 in parts of four seasons with the club while finding himself unable to secure a regular role. That all changed in 1955 when the Red Sox sold him to the Orioles. He made just four trips to the plate in Baltimore before being sold a second time, this time to his hometown Tigers. Maxwell’s career took off virtually from the moment he set foot in Detroit. Though he only appeared in 55 games for the club during the 1955 campaign, he made the most of every opportunity given to him with a solid .266/.325/.541 slash line that included 18 home runs in just 122 trips to the plate. That substantial power earned Maxwell the Tigers’ starting left field job the following year, and he responded with the first All-Star appearance of his career. The slugger slashed an excellent .326/.414/.534 with 28 homers and more walks (79) than strikeouts (74). While standout performances from teammates Al Kaline and Frank Lary somewhat overshadowed Maxwell’s fantastic season, he nonetheless managed to earn some down-ballot consideration for the AL MVP award. The 1956 season was more of the same in many ways for Maxwell. While his numbers (.276/.377/.482 in 138 games) took a bit of a step back from his first season as a regular, Maxwell earned another All-Star appearance and some down-ballot AL MVP consideration despite being outmatched by fantastic seasons from teammates Kaline and Jim Bunning . Those back-to-back All-Star campaigns were the strongest of Maxwell’s career, and he found himself comparing favorably with some of the league’s best players at the time. His 52 home runs across those two seasons were good for the 15th-highest total in the majors, leaving him sandwiched between Hall of Famers Yogi Berra (54) and Kaline (50) on the league leaderboard. His 13.2% walk rate was the tenth-highest figure in the majors over those two seasons, and had more advanced metrics like wRC+ existed at the time Maxwell’s 140 figure for those two years would’ve put him just a hair behind the production of Hall of Famer Frank Robinson (141) over that same period. Maxwell’s efforts over the remainder of his tenure in Detroit never quite resulted in a season that dominant again, but he still held his own at the plate with a solid .250/.348/.440 slash line with the Tigers from 1958 to 1961, a stretch which included a 31-homer campaign in 1959 and a third season where he garnered down-ballot MVP consideration in 1960. Maxwell’s tenure with the Tigers came to an end in 1962, however, as he hit just .194/.273/.269 in 30 games with the club before being traded to the White Sox. Maxwell enjoyed something of a late-career resurgence upon arriving in Chicago and slashed a respectable .269/.382/.441 across three seasons as a part-time player for the club before hanging up the spikes two games into his age-37 season in Chicago. In all, Maxwell appeared in 1,133 games during his time in the majors while collecting 532 home runs and 856 hits. He was a lifetime .264/.360/.451 hitter in 3,796 big league plate appearances. This article first appeared on MLB Trade Rumors and was syndicated with permission.genie perfume 。

South Carolina's highways remain some of the deadliest in the nation, despite post-COVID drops in 2023 and 2022, and even the 2023 number of traffic deaths was still up 34% , at 1,028, from a decade earlier. If we hope for real improvement, we need to try new and different things, or at least new and different for us. That's why state lawmakers need to give cities and counties more flexibility to use cameras to help reduce this danger, just as local governments do in most other states. Many already have the technology. North Charleston has installed cameras to capture images of vehicles along its highly traveled roads as a measure to reduce crime, and Beaufort County Council recently approved a $262,291 request from its sheriff to buy and install 26 cameras in high-crime areas. Columbia, Florence and many other jurisdictions have them as well. What they don't have — but should — is the ability to use the cameras to crack down on speeding, running red lights and other driving behavior that endangers us all in a way similar to a criminal on the loose. Behavior that essentially is a criminal on the loose — in a car. Nationally, more than 1,100 people were killed in 2022 by drivers running red lights . Technology won't replace police officers or sheriff's deputies or state troopers who patrol our roads, and the use of cameras to enforce speeding and other traffic laws should be implemented with caution, particularly since camera technology may identify a vehicle but not the driver. Given that, there's room to debate how steep the penalties should be for tickets based solely on license-plate readers, but "nothing" shouldn't be the answer. This is new territory, and the effectiveness of red-light camera programs is still a point of debate. But if South Carolina were to empower its municipalities and counties to begin experimenting with this technology, that would further expand our understanding of how effective it can be. And if it doesn't seem to be effective, the experiment can be ended. Surveys have found strong support for cameras that catch those running red lights — an infraction that puts others at risk. And indeed, one of the biggest values of such cameras might not be ticketing vehicle owners but discouraging drivers from taking the risk in the first place, since many — especially the local ones — will understand they're risking a fine. Half of the states allow communities to use cameras to crack down on running red lights, including Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety . And at least 341 communities have opted to do so since New York led the way in 1992. This is no surprise, as camera technology has gotten better and less expensive. Only six states prohibit both red-light and speeding cameras: Our ban took effect more than a decade ago, when the Legislature passed a law prohibiting direct camera enforcement of traffic laws in response to the town of Ridgeland's use of cameras in 2010 to ticket speeders along Interstate 95. Revisiting this and giving local governments more flexibility to experiment with camera enforcement could save lives. Click here for more opinion content from The Post and Courier.Colorado is gearing up for the rugged Big 12 schedule, but first the Buffaloes wrap up their nonconference slate with two more games, starting Friday night when they host South Dakota State in Boulder, Colo. Colorado (7-2) has won two straight after competing in the Maui Invitational, most recently a 72-55 win over in-state rival Colorado State. Now the focus turns to South Dakota State and shoring up issues before conference play. "Defensively, we're understanding what our jobs are. Now, we're not where we need to be for sure," coach Tad Boyle said. "But we're making strides in that area. And I think the guys are getting used to playing with each other, understanding each other." The Buffaloes lost a lot of talent from last year's NCAA Tournament team but boast some quality players. Andrej Jakimovski (13.0 points per game), Julian Hammond III (12.3 ppg) and Elijah Moore (12.0 ppg) lead the team in scoring. Sophomore big man Bangot Dak has shown he can be a force after scoring a career-high 16 points in the win over Colorado State. The Jackrabbits (8-4) are coming off a 77-63 loss at Nevada on Wednesday night and complete a two-game trip in Boulder. South Dakota State is led by senior center Oscar Cluff, who tops the team in scoring (17.3 points) and rebounding (11.0) but had a subpar night against Nevada when he scored a season-low six points while battling an ankle injury. "I wish he was feeling a little better," coach Eric Henderson said of Cluff. "He's going to be fine, but he's still nursing that ankle a little bit." Freshman Joe Sayler is second on the team in scoring at 12.8 ppg and has reached double figures in each of the last three games. Sophomore Kalen Garry is third on the Jackrabbits in scoring at 9.6 per contest, an average that has been hurt by his last three games when he has averaged just 5.3 points. --Field Level Media

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Dade Phelan has ended his bid to remain in charge of the Texas House, but the speaker’s race is far from over. Heading into a crucial GOP caucus meeting on Saturday, two Republicans have emerged as the top candidates vying to succeed him — and both are taking vastly different paths in their pursuit of the gavel. State Rep. David Cook of Mansfield, who has been running for months, is touting support from a majority of House Republicans, making him the favorite to secure the caucus’ endorsement. Meanwhile, state Rep. Dustin Burrows of Lubbock — a top Phelan ally who filed late Thursday night as Phelan exited the race — is trying to lock up support from a mix of Democratic and Republican members who have thus far kept their powder dry. Both speaker hopefuls face serious challenges in assembling the coalition of 76 members that will be needed to win control of the 150-member House. The core of Cook’s support comes from the chamber’s rightmost faction, which is set on removing any vestiges of power granted to Democrats in the GOP-controlled chamber — thus forcing Cook to reach majority support without relying on any Democrats. He has identified 47 Republicans backers so far, along with two unnamed supporters, amounting to a little more than half the caucus. Cook’s supporters hope that if he wins the caucus nomination on Saturday, enough GOP holdouts will come over to his side based on a caucus rule that requires all Republicans to support the group’s nominee when the House officially picks the speaker in January. Phelan’s exit from the race on Friday morning, however, has so far yielded no additional public supporters for Cook. Meanwhile, Burrows will occupy a similar space that Phelan had in the leadership race, likely picking up the current speaker’s most loyal supporters. It is unclear how many Republican members are on board with his bid — as he has yet to release a list of supporters — though he appears to have emerged as the pick of the chamber’s mainstream and more moderate GOP wings. Those uncommitted Republicans, totaling about 40 members, include Phelan’s leadership team and members who survived right-wing primary challenges backed by some of Cook’s biggest boosters. Burrows is a key member of Phelan’s inner circle, serving as chair of the powerful Calendars Committee, which controls which bills reach the floor for a vote and which remain bottled up. Burrows is trying to thread a difficult needle by assembling support from a blend of those Republicans and enough of the House’s 62 Democrats, who are trying to extract promises from Burrows as they look to capitalize on their leverage. Among the major flashpoints is whether Democrats will continue to hold a small number of committee chairmanships they were granted under Phelan and other previous GOP speakers; Cook and his supporters have made it a top priority to end this tradition. Already, Burrows was facing resistance from some House Democrats who framed his candidacy as a nonstarter, citing his role as the lead author of a sweeping GOP law passed last year that aims to rein in the power of local governments, particularly in Texas’ bluer urban areas. State Rep. Ana-María Ramos — a Richardson Democrat who chairs the Texas Legislative Progressive Caucus and is running for speaker herself — blasted Burrows on social media for “attacking local control” with his “anti-worker, billionaire-backed” bill. State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, a Houston Democrat who has served in the House since 1973 and holds sway within the caucus, came out forcefully against Burrows in a meeting of House Democrats on Thursday evening, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Thompson declined to comment Friday morning. Also complicating Burrows’ path are the wide-ranging priorities and motivations of the 40 or so Republicans who remain publicly uncommitted to either candidate. One of those members voiced support for the idea of letting Democrats continue to chair some committees and expressed openness to backing Burrows — as long as he vows to “spread the power out” and move away from the insular, top-down leadership style that some members saw as a hallmark of Phelan’s tenure. “I don’t like throwing the D’s under the bus, but I also don't like Burrows trying to keep the exact same power structure,” said the uncommitted House Republican, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the speaker’s race. Phelan’s camp appeared committed to preventing Cook from reaching the gavel. In a statement announcing his withdrawal from the speaker’s race, the Beaumont Republican thanked GOP members who had stood by him “in the face of immense intimidation from outsiders wishing to influence our chamber.” He added that while “the battle for my speakership is over, the war for the integrity of this chamber wages on — and we will win.” Meanwhile, Cook’s supporters launched a full-court press on Friday aimed at getting freshman holdouts on board with Cook and casting Burrows as a “Phelan 2.0” who would be equally unpalatable to GOP primary voters. “Burrows was [Phelan’s] righthand man, and would seek to appease the Austin cronies who have obstructed and needlessly slowed GOP priorities for more than a decade,” hardline conservative activist Michael Quinn Sullivan wrote on social media. ​​With Cook, Sullivan added, “you may not get everything you want... but he aligned himself with the [House] Republican reformers when he didn't have to.” Notably, Sullivan precipitated the downfall of Phelan’s predecessor, Dennis Bonnen, when he secretly recorded a 2019 meeting with Bonnen, the then-speaker, and Burrows. During the meeting Burrows offered up a list of 10 fellow Republicans who Sullivan’s political network could oppose in the upcoming primaries. Bonnen announced his resignation shortly after the recording came to light, and Burrows stepped down as chair of the House GOP Caucus.The No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes hoped Saturday’s loss to the Michigan Wolverines was just a bad dream, but unfortunately, it wasn’t. For the fourth consecutive year, the Buckeyes fell to their archrivals, and this time, as 21-point underdogs ( ESPN BET ). Immediately following the 13-10 loss, a brawl started between both teams after Michigan players attempted to plant their flag on Ohio State's midfield logo. It wasn't pretty, with police even going as far as pepper spraying players to de-escalate the situation. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was asked about it afterward, admitting his team wasn't let Michigan get away with planting its flag. "I don’t know all the details, but I know these guys were looking to put a flag on our field, and we’re not going to let that happen," Day said . © Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Fans quickly took to social media to react to Day’s comments. "What a loser," one fan wrote . "Maybe he should have told them to fight like that during the actual game," added a fan . "What a fraud he and that program are." "Just fire that clown," another said . "The best way to prevent this from happening is to win the game, Ryan," said a fan . "Hope this helps!" "Hey Ryan, be less concerned with planting a flag & more concerned with winning the game!!!" added another . "has he tried winning? that’s a pretty good way to stop them," another said . © Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With the loss, Ryan Day’s record against Michigan drops to 1-4 in his tenure at Ohio State. The defeat likely keeps the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten Championship Game and seriously jeopardizes their hopes of securing a bye in the College Football Playoff. The only way Ohio State can still make it to the conference title game is if both Penn State and Indiana lose on Saturday. Related: Official in Ohio State-Michigan Game Involved in Dangerous Incident

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By JILL COLVIN and STEPHEN GROVES WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working mostly behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role: Helping Donald Trump try to get his most contentious Cabinet picks to confirmation in the Senate, where Vance has served for the last two years. Vance arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday with former Rep. Matt Gaetz and spent the morning sitting in on meetings between Trump’s choice for attorney general and key Republicans, including members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The effort was for naught: Gaetz announced a day later that he was withdrawing his name amid scrutiny over sex trafficking allegations and the reality that he was unlikely to be confirmed. Thursday morning Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth, the “Fox & Friends Weekend” host whom Trump has tapped to be the next secretary of defense. Hegseth also has faced allegations of sexual assault that he denies. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings in coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., center, and Vice President-elect JD Vance, left, walk out of a meeting with Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, center speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, before testifying at a hearing, March 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a classified briefing on China, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrives for a vote on Capitol Hill, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) FILE – Sen. JD Vance R-Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) Vice President-elect JD Vance, still a Republican senator from Ohio, walks from a private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The role of introducing nominees around Capitol Hill is an unusual one for a vice president-elect. Usually the job goes to a former senator who has close relationships on the Hill, or a more junior aide. But this time the role fits Vance, said Marc Short, who served as Trump’s first director of legislative affairs as well as chief of staff to Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence, who spent more than a decade in Congress and led the former president’s transition ahead of his first term. ”JD probably has a lot of current allies in the Senate and so it makes sense to have him utilized in that capacity,” Short said. Unlike the first Trump transition, which played out before cameras at Trump Tower in New York and at the president-elect’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, this one has largely happened behind closed doors in Palm Beach, Florida. There, a small group of officials and aides meet daily at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort to run through possible contenders and interview job candidates. The group includes Elon Musk, the billionaire who has spent so much time at the club that Trump has joked he can’t get rid of him. Vance has been a constant presence, even as he’s kept a lower profile. The Ohio senator has spent much of the last two weeks in Palm Beach, according to people familiar with his plans, playing an active role in the transition, on which he serves as honorary chair. Vance has been staying at a cottage on the property of the gilded club, where rooms are adorned with cherubs, oriental rugs and intricate golden inlays. It’s a world away from the famously hardscrabble upbringing that Vance documented in the memoir that made him famous, “Hillbilly Elegy.” His young children have also joined him at Mar-a-Lago, at times. Vance was photographed in shorts and a polo shirt playing with his kids on the seawall of the property with a large palm frond, a U.S. Secret Service robotic security dog in the distance. On the rare days when he is not in Palm Beach, Vance has been joining the sessions remotely via Zoom. Though he has taken a break from TV interviews after months of constant appearances, Vance has been active in the meetings, which began immediately after the election and include interviews and as well as presentations on candidates’ pluses and minuses. Among those interviewed: Contenders to replace FBI Director Christopher Wray , as Vance wrote in a since-deleted social media post. Defending himself from criticism that he’d missed a Senate vote in which one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees was confirmed, Vance wrote that he was meeting at the time “with President Trump to interview multiple positions for our government, including for FBI Director.” “I tend to think it’s more important to get an FBI director who will dismantle the deep state than it is for Republicans to lose a vote 49-46 rather than 49-45,” Vance added on X. “But that’s just me.” While Vance did not come in to the transition with a list of people he wanted to see in specific roles, he and his friend, Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is also a member of the transition team, were eager to see former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. find roles in the administration. Trump ended up selecting Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence , a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser. And he chose Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services , a massive agency that oversees everything from drug and food safety to Medicare and Medicaid. Vance was also a big booster of Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar.” In another sign of Vance’s influence, James Braid, a top aide to the senator, is expected to serve as Trump’s legislative affairs director. Allies say it’s too early to discuss what portfolio Vance might take on in the White House. While he gravitates to issues like trade, immigration and tech policy, Vance sees his role as doing whatever Trump needs. Vance was spotted days after the election giving his son’s Boy Scout troop a tour of the Capitol and was there the day of leadership elections. He returned in earnest this week, first with Gaetz — arguably Trump’s most divisive pick — and then Hegseth, who has was been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2017, according to an investigative report made public this week. Hegseth told police at the time that the encounter had been consensual and denied any wrongdoing. Vance hosted Hegseth in his Senate office as GOP senators, including those who sit on the Senate Armed Services Committee, filtered in to meet with the nominee for defense secretary. While a president’s nominees usually visit individual senators’ offices, meeting them on their own turf, the freshman senator — who is accompanied everywhere by a large Secret Service detail that makes moving around more unwieldy — instead brought Gaetz to a room in the Capitol on Wednesday and Hegseth to his office on Thursday. Senators came to them. Vance made it to votes Wednesday and Thursday, but missed others on Thursday afternoon. Vance is expected to continue to leverage his relationships in the Senate after Trump takes office. But many Republicans there have longer relationships with Trump himself. Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, said that Trump was often the first person to call him back when he was trying to reach high-level White House officials during Trump’s first term. “He has the most active Rolodex of just about anybody I’ve ever known,” Cramer said, adding that Vance would make a good addition. “They’ll divide names up by who has the most persuasion here,” Cramer said, but added, “Whoever his liaison is will not work as hard at it as he will.” Cramer was complimentary of the Ohio senator, saying he was “pleasant” and ” interesting” to be around. ′′He doesn’t have the long relationships,” he said. “But we all like people that have done what we’ve done. I mean, that’s sort of a natural kinship, just probably not as personally tied.” Under the Constitution, Vance will also have a role presiding over the Senate and breaking tie votes. But he’s not likely to be needed for that as often as was Kamala Harris, who broke a record number of ties for Democrats as vice president, since Republicans will have a bigger cushion in the chamber next year. Colvin reported from New York. Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo returns for Bucks after missing 1 game with knee swellingThe Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a "settlement demand" to Elon Musk, the tech billionaire disclosed in a social media post on Thursday. The post included a copy of a letter sent by Musk's attorney, Quinn Emanuel Partner Alex Spiro, to SEC Chair Gary Gensler. The letter said that the federal agency had pressured Musk to agree to a settlement including a fine within 48 hours, or "face charges on numerous counts" regarding "Certain Purchases, Sales and Disclosures of Twitter Shares." The SEC has been investigating whether Musk, or anyone else working with him, committed securities fraud in 2022 as the Tesla CEO sold shares in his car company Tesla and shored up a stake in Twitter, ahead of his leveraged buyout of the social network which is now known as X. "Oh Gary, how could you do this to me?" Musk said in the post he shared on X late Thursday, along with an emoji showing a face holding back tears and a copy of Spiro's letter. In another post on Thursday, Musk wrote that he, "Asked @Grok to draw a picture of @GaryGensler. Very flattering, I think!" That post contained an AI-generated image portraying the SEC chair as a snail-like creature wearing a suit. A person directly familiar with the probe, who asked to remain un-named due to the sensitive nature of the matter, told CNBC that the SEC did send a settlement offer to Musk in recent days, but he was given more than 48 hours to respond. If the SEC cannot reach a settlement agreement with Musk, this person said, charges would not necessarily follow as a next step. When the agency cannot arrive at a settlement agreement with defendants, it will sometimes issue what's called a Wells Notice before enforcement staff make recommendations to agency commissioners, who then decide whether or not to file charges. Gensler, Musk and Spiro did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday. Musk's lawyer argued in his letter that the SEC has engaged in "more than six years of harassment" of Musk via investigative activity, including by reopening an investigation into the billionaire's health tech venture Neuralink this week. Spiro also wrote that he had personally been subpoenaed by SEC staff but refused to comply. He accused the agency of an "improperly motivated campaign against Mr. Musk and the individuals and companies associated with him," and demanded to know whether the White House or the SEC had directed this action against his client. In 2018, the SEC charged Musk with civil securities fraud after he tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share and had "funding secured" to do so. No take-private deal ever materialized. Musk and Tesla each paid $20 million fines to the agency, and struck a revised settlement agreement that required Musk to temporarily relinquish his role as chairman of the board at Tesla. Since that time, Musk has repeatedly expressed his disdain for the SEC. The Tesla, SpaceX and X leader also became a Republican mega-donor in recent years, and helped propel President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House. In July this year, Trump vowed to fire the SEC chairman. After Trump's election victory, Gensler announced that he would be resigning from his post instead. In a separate civil lawsuit concerning the Twitter deal, which is a focus of the recent SEC probe, the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System sued Musk accusing him of deliberately concealing his progressive investments in the social network, and intent to buy out the company. The pension fund's attorneys argued that Musk, by failing to clearly disclose his investments in and intentions to buy Twitter, had influenced other shareholders' decisions and put them at a disadvantage. WATCH: Elon Musk asks court to block OpenAI from converting to a for-profitRising From The East, Sweeping Across The Globe, Double Dutch Shanghai Vol.8 Ignites Shanghai