Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway

A judge on Monday rejected a request by the Philadelphia district attorney to block a $1 million daily giveaway by Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s political action committee to voters in Pennsylvania and other swing states before Election Day.

Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta’s order came after an hourslong hearing in which District Attorney Larry Krasner testified that the giveaway by America PAC was a “scam,” a “grift” and an “illegal lottery.”

“They know what they’re doing is illegal, and they are doing everything under the sun to clean it up,” Krasner said about Musk and the billionaire’s America PAC, which is backing Donald Trump in the presidential election against Kamala Harris.