{"id":117681,"date":"2024-10-24T03:48:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117681"},"modified":"2024-10-24T03:48:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T20:48:44","slug":"doj-warns-musks-pac-that-1m-petition-giveaways-could-be-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117681","title":{"rendered":"DOJ warns Musk&#8217;s PAC that $1M petition giveaways could be illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">The Justice Department has sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s super PAC, America PAC, warning that its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/elon-musk-petition-million-swing-state-giveaway-money-legal-rcna176568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 million daily giveaway<\/a> in battleground states may run afoul of federal law, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The letter came from the department\u2019s Public Integrity Section, the source said. That section handles election-related prosecutions and related cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Justice Department declined to comment, and the super PAC\u2019s treasurer did not immediately return a voicemail message requesting comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The letter, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/23\/politics\/elon-musk-justice-department-letter\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earlier reported<\/a> by CNN, follows<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/elon-musk-petition-million-swing-state-giveaway-money-legal-rcna176568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> mounting pressure on state and federal authorities<\/a> to investigate Musk\u2019s lottery as a potential violation of election laws, including a ban on paying people to register to vote. On Monday, a group of ex-prosecutors and other former government officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/10\/21\/elon-musk-voting-petition-justice-department-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent a letter<\/a> to the Justice Department requesting an investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-elon-musk-petition-money-al-0911-184b9c.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-elon-musk-petition-money-al-0911-184b9c.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-elon-musk-petition-money-al-0911-184b9c.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-elon-musk-petition-money-al-0911-184b9c.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241021-elon-musk-petition-money-al-0911-184b9c.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk \" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell with a $1 million check during a town hall in Pittsburgh on Sunday.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Michael Swensen \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s unclear when the letter went out or what further action, if any, the DOJ might take.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Legal experts have told NBC News that they believe Musk\u2019s contest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/musk-1-million-voter-petition-lottery-falls-legal-gray-area-experts-s-rcna176362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falls into a legal gray area<\/a> and could potentially violate election law, but not necessarily.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI can see what people are saying when they argue this violates the law, but I don\u2019t think it does,\u201d said Matthew Sanderson, an election law expert who has worked with Republicans and is an NBC News consultant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Federal law prohibits paying people to register to vote. The daily drawing by Musk\u2019s America PAC has two requirements to enter, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.theamericapac.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the contest website<\/a>: be a registered voter in one of seven swing states and sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOur goal is to get 1 million registered voters in swing states to sign in support of the Constitution, especially freedom of speech and the right to bear arms,\u201d the contest website says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The contest is open to those in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Musk announced the daily giveaway Saturday at a town hall event <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1nAKEpMgBQYxL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania<\/a>, saying he would give away $1 million a day until Election Day.\u00a0Four winners have been named so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is the world\u2019s wealthiest person with a net worth of $240 billion, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg Billionaires Index<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/doj-warns-musk-1m-petition-giveaway-illegal-rcna176911\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Justice Department has sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk\u2019s super PAC, America PAC, warning that its $1 million daily giveaway in battleground states may run afoul of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117681\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}