Justice Department Flags Potential Legal Issues With Elon Musk-Backed $1M Voter Giveaway: America PAC Hits Back — Media Meltdown Only Helping 'Efforts To Support President Trump'

The Justice Department has issued a warning to Elon Musk-founded political action committee (PAC), America PAC, over its cash giveaways to registered voters.

The Justice Department’s letter suggested that the PAC’s payments could violate federal law against knowingly or willfully paying individuals to register to vote in election contests with federal candidates. The same law also criminalizes paying people to vote.

Despite the warning, the America PAC insists that its cash prizes are lawful. “The PAC is confident in the legality of this initiative and the predictable media meltdown is only helping America PAC's efforts to support President Trump,” an America PAC representative stated earlier this week.

Three registered voters in Pennsylvania and one in North Carolina have already won seven-figure prizes. The PAC plans to continue daily lotteries through Election Day, open to both newly registered voters and those already on the rolls.

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“When you have a billionaire, just dangling a million bucks to those of us and many of us who are struggling to make ends meet, if they dance for him…,” she said.

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