Elon Musk Is Committing a Crime--but It Doesn't Matter Because He's Rich

[Mr.WeRP]

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/elon-musk-is-committing-a-crime/

Elon Musk is—effectively—paying people to register to vote. This is a violation of federal election laws, and he should be prosecuted, fined, and imprisoned for his numerous violations. Unfortunately, this is Elon Musk we’re talking about, and the person responsible for enforcing federal laws against him is Attorney General Merrick Garland—and all of that means that Musk will not be prosecuted, fined, or sent to prison. The rules, you see, are different for rich white Republicans who violate the laws than they are for anyone else. I thought everybody knew that by now.
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The problem with Musk’s scheme is that, in order to get the money, you have to be registered to vote. By making voter registration key to getting the money, Musk is trying to induce people who are not registered to register to vote. That is illegal. As the elections law expert Rick Hasen points out, paying people, bribing people, or giving people pretty much anything of monetary value to induce them to register to vote is a violation of federal law.
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I know there are still people who would like to defend Garland’s historic inability to enforce any laws against Republican political actors, but, honestly, Garland’s response is beyond pathetic. It takes a Google search and half an hour of Westlaw access to “investigate” whether “Hoo boy, register to vote and have a chance to win a million dollars” violates applicable federal standards. The Department of Justice’s own “Election Crimes Manual” explains that what Musk is doing is illegal. Garland need only “investigate” the rules written down by his own institution to figure out that Musk is in violation of the law.

[Delarage]

1. Plus he's talking to Putin

And is a defense contractor, no? The FBI should be doing heavy surveillance

[gab13by13]

3. I agree but

TSF nominated Federalist Society member Christopher Wray. Wray never investigated Kavanaugh, his law school classmate, no way he is going to investigate Leon.

Garland is either Afraid of TSF or complicit. I used to believe he was afraid but I now believe he is complicit. His pyramid strategy was a smoke screen to allow TSF time to never go to trial pre-election. Funny how Letitia James and Alvin Bragg managed to get TSF to trial but Garland couldn't.
The next thing I am watching is what sentence is judge Merchan going to give TSF?

[onecaliberal]

2. Like I said many times. Everyone at the alphabets needs to go. EVERYONE!

He’s all over Hunter Biden but yawns at this?

[Mr.WeRP]

6. Garland is ignoring probable espionage with Musk

The FBI should be kicking down this bastards door.

[republianmushroom]

4. The second man above the law ?

[gab13by13]

5. Remember this about Garland

E. Jean Carroll sued TSF and he claimed slander was an official duty of the president. Bill Barr agreed. When Garland took over for Barr he did not have to agree with Barr, but he did. It took court decisions that claimed slander was not an official duty of the president before Garland changed his mind. That is why the 2nd Carroll lawsuit went before her 1st one.

Hunter Biden prosecutor Weiss asked Garland to make him a special prosecutor so that he could prosecute Hunter in California for not paying his taxes. Hunter eventually paid his taxes and this crime is rarely prosecuted but Garland made sure that Weiss was able to prosecute Hunter.

We have someone who has the highest US government security clearance who regularly communicates with Putin. Someone who bought Twitter with funding from foreign governments so that he could push Russian propaganda that will influence our election. Someone who is paying people to register to vote.

Where the fuck is Merrick Garland?

I looked up the definition of "milquetoast" in the dictionary and there was a picture of Garland.

[Wuddles440]

9. Well stated!

On an unrelated topic. As a long time PSU wrestling fan, I'm extremely pissed about the wrestlers participating in the Traitor Don rally yesterday (actually that probably should read "former" fan). And my disgust was compounded by the shout out to Gymmie Jordan.

[RandomNumbers]

7. If Trump wins, Musk will never be prosecuted, ever

If Harris wins, can't the next US AG charge Musk for this? Even if there's some sort of statute of limitations, surely it wouldn't have run out?

[Blue Owl]

8. The double standard is so plain to see