NEW YORK (AP) — When a White House adviser in the first Trump administration told TV viewers to “Go buy Ivanka stuff,” top government lawyers sprang into action, telling her she had violated ethics rules and warning her not to do it again.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed that there will never be a better time to buy Tesla stock, in what legal scholars say could be a Hatch Act violation.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned the South Lawn of the White House into a temporary Tesla showroom in a conspicuous favor to his adviser Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of the car company.

President Donald Trump’s own words keep getting used against him in court while he faces lawsuits challenging his aggressive agenda.

Federal judges have blocked key Trump policies, prompting legal battles over executive power. The administration vows appeals, setting up a high-stakes court fight.

The White House is going to bat for Tesla as Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company suffers from financial woes and faces increasingly violent backlash. President Trump and top administration officials have touted Teslas on the White House lawn and urged Americans to buy the company’s struggling stock.

Trump wrote on social media that people who vandalize vehicles made by Tesla — the company owned by Trump ally Elon Musk — could get lengthy jail sentences.