“It's a scam!”: Elon Musk's US election lottery was actually rigged

© Elon Musk /Remember, a few days before the American presidential election, Elon Musk made headlines by organizing, via his Super PAC, a draw awarding one million dollars per day to a signatory of a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments.

His opponents (and most observers) saw it as disguised support for Donald Trump's campaign, or even a quasi-purchase of voters, and the American justice system has just ruled on this case.

“A scam”

A Pennsylvania judge, Angelo Foglietta, ruled that the draw could continue. And for good reason, it is not a drawing of lots, because the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance, argued Elon Musk's lawyers.

This did not in any case convince the Democratic district attorney, Larry Krasner, who considered that this process is a scam “designed to influence a national election.” He added: “This was all political marketing disguised as a lottery,” Krasner testified Monday. “That's what it is. A scam. “

Chris Young, director and treasurer of America PAC, specified that the beneficiaries are selected in advance, to ” probe their personality (and) ensure that they are people whose values ​​are aligned”, with the group.

The arguments of Elon Musk's lawyers are very clear and understandable, but this is not what the general public understood from the words of the entrepreneur who publicly presented his project as a lottery.

Elon Musk's support for Donald Trump raises questions

Elon Musk has therefore provisionally won, but this initiative is coming to an end in any case since the election is being played out today. His strong support for Donald Trump continues to raise questions in any case.

As a reminder, his companies receive generous orders from the American government and its federal agencies. Some disputes also pit his companies against national regulators. Now, Donald Trump has promised to appoint him to head a new “Government Efficiency Commission” with the power to recommend sweeping budget cuts to federal agencies and changes to federal rules if he wins.

This prospect had prompted our colleagues at the New York Times to say: ” This would essentially give the world's richest man and a major government contractor the power to regulate the regulators who influence his companies, which would be a potentially huge conflict of interest.”

To delve deeper into this issue of Elon Musk's support for the Republican candidate, we invite you to read our in-depth analysis of the subject here.

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