{"id":1648,"date":"2024-11-05T11:13:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T05:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/us-judge-refuses-to-block-elon-musks-election-lottery\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T11:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T05:43:29","slug":"us-judge-refuses-to-block-elon-musks-election-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ainews.prativad.com\/index.php\/us-judge-refuses-to-block-elon-musks-election-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge refuses to block Elon Musk\u2019s election lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>The tech mogul has pledged $1 million daily to a swing state resident who signs a pro-Trump petition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A judge in Pennsylvania has allowed Elon Musk\u2019s giveaway to continue until Election Day on November 5, rejecting the district attorney\u2019s request to block it as an <em>\u201cillegal\u201d<\/em> lottery.<\/p>\n<p>On October 19, the CEO of X, SpaceX, and Tesla announced he would give $1 million each day to registered voters in swing states who signed his petition defending <em>\u201cfree speech and the right to bear arms.\u201d<\/em> He presented the first check during a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that same day, stating the giveaway would run until Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, filed a civil lawsuit accusing the entrepreneur of running an <em>\u201cillegal\u201d<\/em> lottery. According to the lawsuit, America PAC, a political action committee, and Musk <em>\u201care lulling Philadelphia citizens \u2013 and others in the Commonwealth (and other swing states in the upcoming election) \u2013 to give up their personal identifying information and make a political pledge in exchange for the chance to win $1 million.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2024.10\/thumbnail\/6715c42d85f54049f74506b1.jpg\" alt=\"Musk awards Kristine Fishell with a $1 million check during a town hall at the Roxain Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2024.\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/606000-us-governor-calls-for-probe\/\">Top Democrat wants Musk investigated over $1 million pledge to voters<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>America PAC attorney Chris Gober argued that despite Musk describing the giveaway as random, the program does not constitute a lottery.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is no prize to be won; instead, recipients must fulfill contractual obligations to serve as spokespersons for the PAC,\u201d<\/em> Gober said at a hearing before Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Krasner\u2019s office called Gober\u2019s statement a <em>\u201ccomplete admission of liability,\u201d<\/em> with lawyer John Summers arguing during the hearing that Musk and the PAC have deceived thousands of Philadelphians by being intentionally opaque about the details surrounding the giveaways.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mf.b37mrtl.ru\/files\/2024.10\/thumbnail\/670fca7e2030272c68590b47.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk.\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/605814-musk-confirms-donation-trump\/\">Musk donates $75 million to Trump campaign<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk, who previously positioned himself as politically neutral, publicly endorsed the Republican nominee shortly after the failed assassination attempt on Trump on July 13. Last month, the US-based billionaire revealed he had donated $75 million to America PAC, which he founded in July. The organization aims to bolster turnout for Trump in swing states.<\/p>\n<p>On the eve of the election, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris are deadlocked in key battleground states, with polls suggesting neither has an advantage greater than two points.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge in Pennsylvania has allowed Elon Musk\u2019s giveaway to continue until the Election Day, rejecting the district attorney\u2019s request Read Full Article at RT.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US judge refuses to block Elon Musk\u2019s election lottery - 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