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Elon Musk's voter cash giveaway stunt 'likely' broke the law: report
Дата публикации: 14-07-2026 21:51:50
A bipartisan elections panel found that billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk "likely broke Wisconsin law" when he gave $1 million checks to voters in last year's Supreme Court election, according to The Associated Press on Tuesday.The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to hand the case to prosecutors, who now have 40 days to decide whether the Tesla CEO faces criminal charges for election bribery.Musk and his allies spent at least $20 million trying to install conservative judge Brad Schimel — only to watch him lose by 10 percentage points. The total spending for the election topped $100 million, the priciest judicial race America has ever seen.Musk's attorneys have insisted the giveaways were pure free speech, a "grassroots" crusade against so-called "activist judges." But Wisconsin regulators were not buying it.This wasn't the first time Musk had dropped his checkbook into politics. He ran a similar $1-million-a-day petition scheme during the 2024 presidential race.
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Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University. She has worked with the Los Angeles Times and Times Community News, Maria Shriver, Vertical Networks, attn:, Patch and City News Service. She is a Southern California native and Loyola University Chicago graduate.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a mobile phone as he arrives to attend a state banquet with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 14, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci
A bipartisan elections panel found that billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk "likely broke Wisconsin law" when he gave $1 million checks to voters in last year's Supreme Court election, according to The Associated Press on Tuesday.
The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to hand the case to prosecutors, who now have 40 days to decide whether the Tesla CEO faces criminal charges for election bribery.
Musk and his allies spent at least $20 million trying to install conservative judge Brad Schimel — only to watch him lose by 10 percentage points. The total spending for the election topped $100 million, the priciest judicial race America has ever seen.
Musk's attorneys have insisted the giveaways were pure free speech, a "grassroots" crusade against so-called "activist judges." But Wisconsin regulators were not buying it.
This wasn't the first time Musk had dropped his checkbook into politics. He ran a similar $1-million-a-day petition scheme during the 2024 presidential race.
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