Republican governor criticized for saying Musk is too rich to be corrupted

New Hampshire's Chris Sununu said of Musk he's, in a way, so rich he's removed from the potential financial influence'

The Republican New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu was caught in a riptide of criticism for a comment that Elon Musk - the world's richest man and close ally of US president-elect Donald Trump - was too wealthy to be corrupted or influenced.

Sununu was asked on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday if he thought Musk had a conflict of interest in owning companies, including SpaceX, that have held billions of dollars in government contracts while also leading an unofficial agency to slash public spending in Trump's second presidency.