As the US Congress prepares to usher in a Democratic majority, Musk director Alex Gibney wants to know if there will be renewed interest in government investigations into Elon Musk’s business practices.

“Is our political system capable—assuming the Democrats win the House and the Senate—of ignoring the power of money … to hold really tough investigations?” Gibney asked WIRED contributing editor Zoë Schiffer following a screening of Musk at the WIRED World Fair just before many of the major congressional races were called for Democrats.

Gibney’s sweeping documentary highlights United States government agencies’ multiple investigations into Musk, positing that these actions partially motivated Musk’s support for Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in recent years.

On Tuesday, Gibney pointed to the more than $474 million Musk has donated to Republican political groups this election cycle, adding that, “last I looked things weren’t going Elon’s way, particularly in Texas.”

Not long after those remarks, James Talrico was declared the winner of his Senate race and Gina Hinojosa was elected the state’s governor, some of the first Democrats to win a Texas statewide election in more than three decades. Musk, who has enjoyed close relationships with Texas bigwigs for years, donated at least $158 million to super PACs supporting Talrico’s opponent, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton.

Musk “now has such an extraordinary amount of money that dropping $500 million on an election means nothing to him,” Gibney says. However, much of that money is tied up in his companies’ stock.

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