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Young said he was surprised to hear #ElonMusk describe the giveaway as random at the #Trump rally. He also acknowledged that the winners signed NDAs preventing them from speaking about the terms of the contracts.
Musk's giveaway falls in a gray area of #ElectionLaw, & legal experts are divided on whether #Musk could be violating federal laws against paying people to register to #vote.
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…Krasner said he would seek financial penalties against #ElonMusk & #AmericaPAC.
Musk lawyer Chris Gober said the giveaway was not a prize, but rather #compensation for people chosen to serve as spokespeople for the #PAC.
Later, Chris Young, an adviser for America PAC, testified that he selected winners out of a pool of candidates who appeared in videos for the group & allowed it to use their images after reviewing their #SocialMedia & meeting them outside event venues.
The reps of #ElonMusk's #AmericaPAC were trying to persuade Angelo Foglietta, a #Pennsylvania state judge, that the giveaway was not an "illegal lottery" as Philadelphia DA Lawrence Krasner alleged in a lawsuit seeking to block the contest ahead of Tue's #election.
At the end of the hearing, Foglietta said he would issue a ruling shortly. The decision will not impact the future of the contest…. The PAC says its 2 remaining winners will be from Arizona & Michigan….
#ElonMusk's pro-#Trump group hand-picks $1M voter giveaway winners, aide testifies
Musk's pro-Trump super #PAC has hand-picked the winners of its $1M-a-day giveaway to registered voters, a lawyer & an adviser for the group said in #court on Monday, despite the #billionaire's assertion the winners would be chosen “randomly."
