Tesla's profits fell 71% over the first three months of this year, a company earnings release on Tuesday showed. The decline coincided with a sales slump and stock woes at the electric carmaker, and comes amid worldwide protests against CEO Elon Musk over his role in President Donald Trump's administration. The new financial details arrive as some shareholders have called on Musk -- whose temporary status as a government employee expires next month -- to step down from his White House role and return full-time to the helm of Tesla.