New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday slammed the American legal system, saying if former President Donald Trump can be criminally convicted over “a trivial matter”, then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.

The billionaire, who earlier rejected reports about his role in a potential Trump presidency, said in fresh posts on X that the American people as a whole should decide who will be the president. “Indeed, great damage was done today to the public’s faith in the American legal system,” the X owner posted.

A staunch supporter of Trump, he further said that “if a former president can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter – motivated by politics, rather than justice – then anyone is at risk of a similar fate”.