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Elon Musk’s $1 million election stunt is probably illegal
The DOJ warned America PAC that the stunt may be illegal.
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice confirmed that it had received a letter from 11 former government officials — who described themselves as having “served in senior legal and law-enforcement roles under every Republican president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump” — urging the DOJ to investigate the America PAC sweepstakes. And on Wednesday, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission warning that America PAC may have violated campaign finance law. I don’t think the goal here would be to put Elon Musk in jail for a number of years,” Kang said, adding that the DOJ is typically hesitant to take public action right before a presidential election.
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