Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (inset) on Monday sued to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaway to voters in battleground states including Pennsylvania, calling it an illegal lottery that skirts state requirements and violates consumer protection laws.
The Philly Inquirer reports the suit, filed in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia, is the first legal action challenging the controversial sweepstakes launched earlier this month by Musk’s America PAC. It comes a week after the U.S. Justice Department warned the tech billionaire that the giveaway violates federal laws banning inducements to voters.
But Musk, so far, has ignored that warning and continued his pledge to dole out awards to registered voters in seven battleground states every day until Election Day. His PAC has given away more than $9 million — nearly half of it to Pennsylvania voters.
The lawsuit grants Krasner, a George Soros-backed progressive prosecutor and frequent target of Republican ire, the opportunity to take on Musk in court as he’s emerged as one of GOP nominee Donald Trump’s chief surrogates in the state in the waning days of an extraordinarily close and contentious presidential race.
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