DOJ WHO?

Elon Musk Hands Out More $1M Voting Checks Despite Feds’ Warning

The Department of Justice already sent a letter telling Musk’s America PAC to stand down.

Billionaire Elon Musk isn’t stopping his his voter sweepstakes, despite the Justice Department’s warning that he may well be violating election law. Musk’s America PAC has been handing out $1 million checks to swing state residents who register to vote and sign a petition pledging their support of the First and Second amendments. Although Musk has claimed that voters of any party are eligible to win, so far, he has mainly rewarded Republicans who’ve already cast their ballots. He’s also made his own political loyalties known, both by bouncing around Donald Trump’s campaign stage and by making massive donations ($75 million in mid-October, and $44 million on Thursday) to the Trump campaign through his PAC. Although the DOJ sent a letter telling America PAC to stand down—it‘s illegal to pay people to register to vote—it announced two more prize-winners on Thursday, The Washington Post reports. The letter was first reported on Wednesday, according to the Post, when the PAC skipped its daily drawing—surely just a coincidence.