Tesla Motors Inc CEO Musk Accuses NJ Gov. Christie Of 'Backroom Deal'

Coming on the heels of New Jersey banning direct auto sales – blocking Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) from conducting business in the garden state – Elon Musk fires back with an impassioned letter to residents of New Jersey, directly attacking Gov. Chris Christie. Musk accuses Gov. Christie of “backroom deal” with auto lobby “Governor Christie had promised that this would be put to a vote of the elected state legislature, which is the appropriate way to change the law,” Musk writes. When it became apparent that Tesla might prevail over the auto dealer lobby, who was pushing for the Tesla…