Summary
Elon Musk’s pro-Trump group, America PAC, selects $1 million giveaway winners based on their potential as spokespeople rather than randomly.
The Philadelphia district attorney Lawrence Krasner alleges this violates state consumer protection laws. “This was all political marketing masquerading as a lottery, albeit an illegal lottery,” Krasner said.
The U.S. Department of Justice has warned America PAC the giveaway could violate federal law, according to media reports, but federal prosecutors have not taken any public action.
The outcome of the lawsuit could impact the group’s ability to continue the contest, which has already awarded $16 million to registered voters in battleground states.
It’s a legal team whose job it is to lessen the damage.
A “donation” or “gift” to a specific person isn’t a crime.
Running a fucking giveaway or lottery is though.
The gift isn’t the crime.
Telling people you’re holding a sweepstakes, collecting their information based on that statement, and then not holding the sweepstakes and instead giving the supposed prize to someone of your choice is the crime
It’s called fraud
The outcome is not though. https://www.olshanlaw.com/sweepstakes-law-basics#:~:text=The official rules must typically,of entries by a single
Many lawsuits from many different states because of the Monopoly fiasco multiple times over proves this. As long as you don’t game the outcome while still claiming it is such, it’s neither a giveaway, nor a sweepstakes. That’s the loophole. All Musk has to do is proclaim he is a liar, which he will totally do when Trump loses. Hell, he could just call it staged and probably win in court.
Edit for proof: https://apnews.com/article/musk-million-sweepstakes-lottery-pennsylvania-krasner-4f683c48eb7dcc57f183e54ef16e7320
