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Mr.WeRP

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Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:41 PM Nov 2024

In defending his $1 million giveaway, Musks lawyers admit it is a scam

https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-weighs-challenge-elon-musks-1-million-voter-giveaway-2024-11-04/?utm_source=reddit.com

Elon Musk lawyer says $1 million voter giveaway winners are not random


PHILADELPHIA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, a lawyer for the billionaire said on Monday.
Musk lawyer Chris Gober was trying to persuade a Pennsylvania judge that the giveaway was not an "illegal lottery," as Philadelphia district attorney Lawrence Krasner alleged in a lawsuit seeking to block the contest ahead of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election.

"There is no prize to be won, instead recipients must fulfill contractual obligations to serve as a spokesperson for the PAC," Gober said in the hearing before Judge Angelo Foglietta.
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In defending his $1 million giveaway, Musks lawyers admit it is a scam (Original Post) Mr.WeRP Nov 2024 OP
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