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Pennsylvania judge allows Elon Musk's $1.3m voter giveaway
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania state judge on Nov 5 allowed Elon Musk's US$1 million-a-day (S$1.32 million) giveaway to swing state voters to proceed, after a surprising day of testimony in which the billionaire's aide acknowledged his political group
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania state judge on Nov 5 allowed Elon Musk's US$1 million-a-day (S$1.32 million) giveaway to swing state voters to proceed, after a surprising day of testimony in which the billionaire's aide acknowledged his political group selected the contest's winners.
With one day to go before the tightly contested US presidential election between Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, lawyers for Musk's America PAC, a pro-Trump super political action committee, sought to persuade Judge Angelo Foglietta that the contest was not an "illegal lottery", as Philadelphia's top prosecutor alleged.
Lawyers for America PAC and its director, Chris Young, said the group doled out the funds based on who would be the best spokespeople for its pro-Trump agenda, despite the billionaire's assertion that winners would be chosen randomly.
With one day to go before the tightly contested US presidential election between Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, lawyers for Musk's America PAC, a pro-Trump super political action committee, sought to persuade Judge Angelo Foglietta that the contest was not an "illegal lottery", as Philadelphia's top prosecutor alleged.
Lawyers for America PAC and its director, Chris Young, said the group doled out the funds based on who would be the best spokespeople for its pro-Trump agenda, despite the billionaire's assertion that winners would be chosen randomly.