Campaign finance watchdog sues Elon Musk, accuses him of election bribery ahead of April Supreme Court election
A Wisconsin campaign finance watchdog group is suing Elon Musk and his affiliated political action committees, claiming they conspired to break state election bribery laws by paying residents millions of dollars ahead of the April Supreme Court election.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, labels Musk’s efforts this year as a “brazen scheme to bribe Wisconsin citizens to vote” for Judge Brad Schimel, the conservative candidate in the race and Wisconsin’s former attorney general.
The case, which is being handled by the liberal firm Law Forward, accuses Musk of “paying millions directly to Wisconsin voters, bribing them to vote.” Musk’s spending included $100 payments to those who signed a petition opposing what he labeled “activist judges” along with three $1 million checks given to Wisconsinites.
The suit highlights video and social media comments from Musk and recipients of the $1 million checks doled out in the final days of the election, which the Democracy Campaign claims were aimed at inducing people to cast early ballots for Schimel.
https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-democracy-campaign-sues-elon-musk-election-bribery-supreme-court
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