Rule of law (3.5): Securities law violation acknowledged by legal experts but no enforcement expected, creating selective enforcement precedent. Separation (2.5): Executive branch official using position for market manipulation without accountability checks. Capture (3): Direct promotion of specific corporate interest (Tesla/Musk) by government official. Corruption (3.5): Using official position for potential personal/political benefit through stock promotion. Mechanism modifier 0.7 for norm_erosion_only - no formal policy change but establishes dangerous precedent. Scope 0.9 for federal/narrow. Severity: durability 1.1 (precedent for future violations), precedent 1.2 (normalizes official stock promotion). Base: (3.5×0.18 + 2.5×0.16 + 3×0.14 + 3.5×0.10)×1.32×0.7×0.9 = 13.7. B-score: High outrage (6), media-friendly scandal (7), strong mismatch between violation and no enforcement (7), pattern matches Trump-Musk relationship (6). Intentionality moderate (8) for obvious connection. Layer1: 12.1, Layer2: 10.6×0.53 = 5.6, Total: 22.7. D-score: -9.0 suggests distraction lean but neither threshold met for pure classification.