Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery

Elon Musk and the political committee he created, America Pac, have told a federal judge in Austin, Texas, that they will settle two related lawsuits brought by Arizona residents. The settlements still need court approval, and the filings did not disclose their terms. Lawyers on the cases either declined to comment or did not answer requests for information, according to The Guardian.

The suits were filed as proposed class actions. The plaintiffs accused Musk and the committee of misleading people in seven swing states ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. According to the plaintiffs, voters were induced to sign a petition backing the U.S. constitution because Musk pledged to hand out $1 million every day to signatories chosen at random. The plaintiffs characterized that pledge as fraud.

Musk set up America Pac to help Donald Trump, who won a second term as president in the November 2024 vote. With no terms public, it remains unclear what, if anything, the plaintiffs or other petition signers will receive. The court's decision on whether to approve the agreements is the next step in both cases.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Guardian’s reporting. Read the full story at The Guardian →