Elon Musk News: Tesla Owner PAC Backs Donald Trump, Tells PA Judge $1 Million Sweepstakes Winners Weren't Chosen by Chance

Sweepstakes can continue, Pennsylvania judge says

By means ofPeter Charalambous

Monday November 4, 2024 9:55 PM

Winners of $1 million sweepstakes are not chosen by chance, Elon Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judgeA lawyer for Elon Musk’s political action committee said the winners are not chosen by chance but are instead chosen as paid “spokespersons” for the group.

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge is allowing Elon Musk’s America PAC to continue its $1 million giveaway to registered swing state voters.

Common Pleas Judge Angelo Foglietta denied Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner‘s request for an injunction to halt the giveaway, which has distributed $17 million to voters in swing states. America PAC plans to announce its 18th and final award winner on Tuesday in Michigan, according to attorneys.

The decision followed a nearly six-hour hearing on Monday, during which a lawyer for Musk and America PAC revealed that the winners had been pre-selected, despite Musk publicly saying it was a “random” lottery.

A lawyer for Krasner called Musk’s giveaway “one of the biggest scams of the last fifty years” by tricking more than a million swing state voters into signing a petition in hopes of winning a million dollars.

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