In that case, Musk sounds very much like every government, business, politician, friend, family member and neighbor I've ever known.
In other words, that's how the world generally works.
TBF, he is in most cases, just not that particular one.
If your friends, family, and colleagues are routinely getting into legal trouble, you need some better friends, family, and colleagues.
Of course, maybe you're part of The Family(tm), in which case... say no more.
And suing people for it is also how the world works.
I wish I had learned earlier that when somebody makes an accusatory statement, it is wise to consider that they may be inadvertently projecting their self and their intentions onto the people around them.
It is very human to believe that most people think and feel in more or less the same way. So when we hear generalized statements about what people are like, or how they would likely react to a course of action, the sentiment will often be biased by how the speaker thinks, or would react.
If you mean that in the sense that everyone, no matter how powerful, needs to be subject to oversight, I agree with you.
If instead you mean that in the schoolyard, "But Johnny was cussing too!" sense, well, if that's supposed to be a defense, it isn't. All I can suggest is be a smarter criminal.