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Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery
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Guardian International2 hours agoLaw1 min read

Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery

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  • Elon Musk and his America PAC have reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits alleging fraud regarding a $1 million daily giveaway to voters in swing states during the 2024 US election cycle.
  • The terms of the agreement remain undisclosed.

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Why It Matters

Elon Musk founded America PAC to support Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. The lawsuits alleged that a $1 million daily giveaway misled voters in swing states.

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Elon Musk and his America PAC political action committee said recently that they agreed to settle two proposed class actions alleging the billionaire entrepreneur defrauded residents in closely contested states before the 2024 US election by promising voters a lottery-style daily $1m giveaway.

The plaintiffs, Musk and America PAC told the judge overseeing the two related lawsuits in federal court in Austin, Texas, on Thursday that they have reached settlements subject to court approval.

The filings did not include settlement terms, and lawyers involved in the case declined to comment or did not respond to requests for more information.

The plaintiffs in the two cases are Arizona residents who said Musk and America PAC misled voters in seven swing states into signing his petition to support the US constitution by promising $1m daily to randomly selected signatories.

The defendants denied the allegations.

Musk founded America PAC to support Donald Trump as he successfully ran in November 2024 for a second US presidency.

A federal judge in June said Musk – the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX as well as the owner of the social media platform X – must testify in the lawsuits.

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  • Court review of settlement terms

    Very likely · Within months

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  • What are the specific terms of the settlement?
  • Will the court approve the settlement?

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This article was originally published by Guardian International.

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