The Justice Department warned Elon Musk that his $1 million giveaway could come with a prison sentence—and it appears he’s actually paying attention.
After receiving a warning from the Justice Department, Elon Musk has stopped his $1 million giveaway to swing voters from his super PAC.
The tech CEO pledged Saturday to give away the hefty sum each day to one registered voter in a battleground state who signed America PAC’s pro–First and Second Amendment pledge. Every day since then, a winner has been announced: three Pennsylvania voters and one North Carolina voter.
However, the move immediately raised legal questions, as it’s a federal crime to pay someone to register to vote, punishable by a fine of $10,000, five years in prison, or both. Experts were divided, with Musk’s plan falling into a legal gray area at best. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro called the move “deeply concerning,” and author Stephen King accused Musk of “paying to register Republicans.”
I don’t want to rock the boat or anything, but does anybody else think that maybe we need just a tiny bit of judicial reform? It seems to me like there’s an awful lot of people doing an awful lot of criming and our judicial system is apparently not that interested about stopping them until after the next election. And there’s always a next election.
So far.
- Try crime
- Benefit from crime
- Receive stern letter
- Pause crime
- Enjoy benefits from period of crime
- Repeat
This guy knows what he’s talking about. He’s an evil bit!
I’m starting to think that money in politics is a problem…
Oh, gee. Why’s that?
Eh…gut feeling.
What chaps my hide is that this is just a warning and not outright a clear case of election interference. I’m tired of warnings instead of judgments. Less likely to see these stories if people actually faced consequences for their actions.
If I did it I’d be in jail already. The rules are different when you’re rich.
If by reform you mean we need to just get rid of people who are too wealthy to get away with crime, then yes… Any measure to accomplish this is acceptable by me
Absolutely goddamn tax them out of existence. Yesterday.
Tax, is that a euphemism for guillotine?
Well he already broke the law. Jail him.
Sorry he is too wealthy for that. Best they can do is politely warn him.
Makes one wonder how much wealth it takes, and what other things work the same way.
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The only way to actually be punished as a rich person is to endanger the position of other rich people.
It’s the unforgivable sin.
We reached out to Bernie Madoff for comment…
$10,000 fine on a $1,000,000 lottery is just a 1% tax. I’m surprised he even bothered to notice.
I’m assuming there’s an additional risk of having to step down from any company he owns with federal contracts as well.
It was probably the 5 years in prison part that he cares about
If he stops it now, he’s not going to see prison or pay a dime…
Even if he doesn’t stop it now, he’s not going to see prison or pay a dime…
Breaks law by using his wealth to sway the results of an election. Gets a warning.
I really do believe what Trump said about shooting a man and not losing any votes… except he would also walk away with a warning not to do it again.
Deport him back to SA
I’d like to see him get arrested and then see how scared he is. This warning seems like the same strongly-worded letter all these rich assholes get.
He’s rich! Nothing is going to happen.
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