Elon Musk settles fraud lawsuits over his $1 million giveaways to 2024 election voters

Elon Musk has resolved the last two lawsuits tied to the $1 million-a-day prize drawings his super PAC ran for voters before the 2024 election, according to court filings made Thursday. Lawyers on both sides reported settlements in the two separate cases but disclosed no terms. Musk and America PAC deny any wrongdoing. CNN says it has asked Musk's spokesperson and the voters' attorneys for comment.

The plaintiffs, registered voters in several battleground states, alleged fraud. They said they were misled into thinking they had a genuine chance of winning, and that signing up meant handing personal data to the PAC. Musk had said recipients would be chosen randomly, yet his own attorneys later admitted in court that winners were selected not by chance but for their potential as advocates for the pro-Trump group.

The giveaways drew official scrutiny at the time. The Justice Department cautioned Musk in 2024 that they might run afoul of federal vote-buying statutes, and Philadelphia District Attorney sued to halt them, though a state judge let the drawings continue just before Election Day. Musk remains a major Republican donor, with at least $276 million committed to GOP midterm candidates this year.

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