Wisconsin district attorney declines to charge Elon Musk over $1M election giveaways
- Elon Musk will not be prosecuted for offering $1 million to voters during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, after a state prosecutor concluded Tuesday that no jury would find the pledge constituted election bribery.
- Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was heavily invested in trying to flip majority control of battleground Wisconsin’s highest court last year.
- But the candidate backed by him and Republicans lost to Democratic-supported Susan Crawford, whose victory preserved liberals' majority on the court.
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- Elon Musk will not be prosecuted for offering $1 million to voters during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race, after a state prosecutor concluded Tuesday that no jury would find the pledge constituted election bribery.
- Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was heavily invested in trying to flip majority control of battleground Wisconsin’s highest court last year.
- But the candidate backed by him and Republicans lost to Democratic-supported Susan Crawford, whose victory preserved liberals' majority on the court.
Sources: The Independent