Article 6RZPT Judge declines to block Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaways

Judge declines to block Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaways

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Elon Musk's America PAC can move forward with its $1 million giveaways to voters after a Philadelphia judge declined an emergency petition from District Attorney Larry Krasner to block them.

During a hearing earlier on Monday, a representative for the political action committee said prize winners are not randomly selected and are actually chosen to be paid spokespeople for the PAC, which supports former President Donald Trump, The Associated Press reported. Musk previously advertised the selection as random, but the fine print of the petition that applicants need to sign to enter the giveaway doesn't mention it.

Krasner accused the PAC of running an illegal lottery and deceptively marketing the prize selections as random, even though...

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