Democrats urged to avoid targeting Big Tech and focus on smaller fraud schemes

Juleanna Glover, who once helped Elon Musk navigate Washington and served under Dick Cheney, is urging the incoming Democratic majority to leave the nation’s largest tech firms alone. She contends that the party’s investigative capacity would be better spent on softer targets like crypto scammers, Kazakh mining outfits and alleged Albanian organized-crime figures, rather than on blue-chip corporations that have largely complied with the law.

Glover notes that many Fortune 500 companies have made lawful contributions to President Trump’s favored causes, and their legal teams could tie Democrats up in complex lawsuits. Her advice arrives as Democrats on several House committees, including the Oversight Committee chaired by Rep. Robert Garcia, are shaping a subpoena strategy that may include the Trump family, the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files, immigration enforcement and health-policy issues. While some members, such as Rep. Ted Lieu, argue that big tech should face harsh scrutiny for supporting a “corrupt president,” others remain cautious about the political fallout of confronting powerful CEOs ahead of the 2028 election.