The State Department claimed a plan to buy thousands of armored Teslas was left over from the Biden administration. A document obtained by NPR shows the Biden plan was far smaller.

The document publicly listed Tesla as the manufacturer selected, with one row noting “Armored Tesla (Production Units)” and a valuation for the deal between $100 million and $500 million. On February 12, the document was quietly edited to remove all mention of Tesla.

A State Department spokesperson told Forbes the department has “no current plans” to move forward with the potential contract, which was initiated under the Biden administration.

When a recent review of federal contracts exposed that the State Department was preparing to award a $400 million contract for "armored Teslas," it provoked an uproar of corruption accusations, with many suggesting the Trump administration was arranging a kickback to tech billionaire Elon Musk.