DOJ warns Elon Musk's America PAC that $1 million giveaway may break the law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) precocious contacted Elon Musk's America PAC astir its historical $1 cardinal giveaway to swing-state voters aft nan agency was warned by lawyers who claimed that nan inaugural whitethorn beryllium illegal.

On Monday, nan DOJ was sent a missive from a "group of attorneys and nationalist officials" requesting an investigation into Ameria PAC's payments to petition signers. The letter, which was obtained by nan Washington Post, was addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland arsenic good arsenic Michelle Henry, nan Pennsylvania lawyer general.

"We are a group of attorneys and nationalist officials, including those who person served successful elder ineligible and law-enforcement roles nether each Republican president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump," nan missive reads. "We constitute to you coming to petition that you reappraisal payments that are being made by nan Elon Musk-founded America PAC to voters successful Pennsylvania and different states that experts opportunity raise superior questions nether applicable law."

Musk, nan CEO of Tesla, is offering $1 cardinal a time to swing-state voters who motion his governmental action committee’s petition successful support of nan Constitution. Only voters successful plaything states are eligible.

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SpaceX and Tesla laminitis Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell pinch a $1 cardinal cheque during nan municipality hallway astatine nan Roxain Theater, Oct. 20, 2024, successful Pittsburgh. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)

"The payments are framed arsenic being made for signing, aliases referring others to sign, a ‘petition’ successful support of nan First and Second Amendments. But only registered voters successful Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and North Carolina whitethorn person payments," nan lawyers' missive says.

"We are alert of thing for illustration this successful modern governmental history… We impulse you to analyse whether America PAC’s payments are prohibited payments for elector registration."

Fox News Digital did an study of nan inaugural and recovered it to beryllium successful a legally grey area, and it besides discovered that different akin initiatives successful support of Democratic causes exist. 

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Elon Musk speaks arsenic portion of a run municipality hallway successful support of Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump successful Folsom, Pa., Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The giveaway explicitly asks voters to motion a petition alternatively than registry to vote, but nan missive sent to nan DOJ alleged nan petition still encourages registering to vote.

"We admit that they are framed arsenic payments for signing a petition, aliases for referring voters who sign," nan lawyers argued. "But galore of nan payments are restricted to registered voters, truthful anyone who wishes to get paid must first register."

The inaugural was announced by Musk this week. The PAC plans to springiness distant $1 cardinal to 1 swing-state elector per time until Election Day.

"Every day, from now done Nov 5, @America PAC will beryllium giving distant $1M to personification successful plaything states who signed our petition to support free reside & the correct to carnivore arms! We want to make judge that everyone successful plaything states hears astir this and I fishy this will guarantee they do," Musk wrote connected X connected Sunday.

Elon Musk speaks arsenic portion of a run municipality hallway successful support of Republican statesmanlike nominee Donald Trump successful Folsom, Pa., Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Fox News Digital reached retired to America PAC for remark but did not instantly perceive back. The DOJ declined to comment.

Fox News Digital's Emma Colton contributed to this report.