UPDATE (Oct. 28, 2024, 10:12 a.m. ET): Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday filed a civil legal action to halt America PAC’s $1 million daily giveaway in Pennsylvania.
Elon Musk’s daily $1 million lottery for registered voters in swing states raised eyebrows among election law experts who said the scheme was in murky legal territory. Now, the Justice Department has warned the abrasive billionaire that his giveaway may be illegal, NBC News reported.
A source familiar with the matter told NBC News that the agency’s public integrity section sent a letter to Musk’s super PAC, America PAC, informing the group that its giveaway, aimed at voters who sign a “free speech” and “gun rights” petition, may be in violation of federal law.
Musk, who has endorsed Donald Trump, announced Saturday that America PAC would be giving $1 million to one voter every day until Nov. 5 if they sign its petition. Election law experts looked on the giveaway with skepticism, and some have argued it essentially skirts the law on vote-buying. A group of former federal prosecutors and GOP lawmakers on Monday urged U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate the scheme.
MSNBC Daily columnist Jessica Levinson, a Loyola Law School professor, offered her own analysis of Musk’s giveaway on Tuesday:








