Voters sue Musk for fraud over $1 million election sweepstakes
Voters sue Musk for fraud over $1 million election sweepstakes
Musk’s daily sweepstakes was hit Tuesday with fresh claims in federal courts in Texas and Michigan.
Summary
Elon Musk and his America PAC face lawsuits in Texas and Michigan from voters claiming they were misled by Musk’s million-dollar giveaway, which allegedly promoted itself as a random sweepstakes.
Plaintiffs Jacqueline McAferty and Robert Anthony Alvarez argue they wouldn’t have provided personal information or signed a petition if they’d known winners were chosen based on their support for Donald Trump, rather than randomly.
Musk’s lawyer recently revealed that the PAC selected winners from swing states as spokespeople, contradicting claims of a nonpartisan, random giveaway.
The PA ruling is going to make it hard for him to win these suits.
The sad thing is that "offering lottery entries for being registered to vote" and "offering a lottery-style contest that secretly does not select winners randomly" are two crimes, neither of which is mutually exclusive from the other, and the judge still ruled that it could continue.
state laws on gambling and lotteries are not to be messed with. he set himself up brilliantly to get hammered by multiple states. and that's on top of the probable federal and state election laws.
I was having a really shitty day and then: THIS!
This warms the cockles of my cold, black heart.
Trump will just save him. Sorry to ruin it for you.
The damage was already done and that's all that really mattered. Being sued had to be something they already thought of. In the end what fines are we even talking about here? Do we really think it matters much to a multi billionaire who gave away 120 million to a PAC? Whatever he pays doesn't matter.
Can't wait for a long list of lawsuits that get quashed by the executive branch that conservatives are going to justify then ignore...
It's a Good Thing we didn't just Elect Elon Musk to a Government Oversight Position!
Class Action!