'Pulling an Alvin Bragg': Left-wing DA's 'flimsy' suit against Elon Musk's $1M giveaway slammed by expert

Left-wing Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner revenge a suit against tech billionaire Elon Musk complete his $1 million giveaway amid nan highly anticipated Pennsylvania predetermination – a suit that is being slammed arsenic riddled pinch ineligible issues by an expert. 

"As a charismatic for nan metropolis and region of Philadelphia, Krasner has nary ineligible expertise to prosecute anyone for alleged violations of national law. So instead, he is pulling an Alvin Bragg by concocting a flimsy ineligible mentation that Musk someway is violating Pennsylvania’s lottery law," Cully Stimson, lawman head of nan Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center of Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, wrote successful a Daily Signal commentary piece published Monday. 

Stimson compared nan suit to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charging erstwhile President Trump pinch 34 counts of falsifying business records, which prosecutors linked during nan outpouring 2024 proceedings to an predetermination strategy to illegally power nan 2016 election. Trump was recovered blameworthy successful nan case, and has since maintained his innocence arsenic ineligible experts rallied that nan lawsuit was an "absolute joke" and "witch hunt" against nan 45th president. 

Krasner revenge a suit Monday against Musk and his ace PAC, nan America PAC, for "running an forbidden lottery successful Philadelphia" and crossed nan state. 

Musk announced earlier this period that voters successful battleground states, specified arsenic Pennsylvania aliases Michigan, were eligible for a $1 cardinal a time giveaway after signing nan America PAC’s petition backing nan Constitution. Musk endorsed Trump successful July, and precocious joined him connected nan run way to rally support for his re-election bid, astir notably successful nan cardinal battleground authorities of Pennsylvania. 

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, shown successful January 2024, revenge a suit Monday against Elon Musk, claiming Musk's ace PAC is "running an forbidden lottery successful Philadelphia" and crossed nan state. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The inaugural outlines that it only applies to registered voters successful nan battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin and North Carolina, and if they motion nan petition. 

"The First and Second Amendments guarantee state of reside and nan correct to carnivore arms. By signing below, I americium pledging my support for nan First and Second Amendments," nan petition reads. 

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Musk has already announced winners for nan giveaway, including 1 successful Lancaster, Pennsylvania, connected Saturday. 

"Oct 22 - Nov 5: Each day, 1 petition signer from either PA, GA, NV, AZ, MI, WI, aliases NC will gain $1,000,000," nan America PAC website reads. 

Elon Musk speaks earlier erstwhile President Trump astatine a run rally astatine Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stimson wrote that Krasner is "one of George Soros’ bought-and-paid-for territory attorneys" who "doesn’t attraction astir nan law" and launched nan suit to quench his alleged thirst "for media attention."

"Musk isn’t paying individuals to registry to vote; he is paying already-registered voters to motion a petition, which is wholly lawful," Stimson explained. 

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"​​In his civilian title against Musk, Krasner asserts that by ‘lulling’ registered voters into giving their individual identifying accusation specified arsenic their postal address, cellphone number, and email address, voters person paid Musk information – arsenic erstwhile a personification gives a dollar to acquisition a Mega Millions lottery ticket," he continued. 

In his suit, Krasner cited nan 1976 lawsuit "Commonwealth v. Lane," which elaborate that nether Pennsylvania law, a lottery is deemed unlawful nether 3 elements: "(1) a prize to beryllium won; (2) a victor to beryllium wished by chance; and (3) nan costs of a information by nan player." 

Stimson said nan first 2 elements are satisfied erstwhile considering nan Musk giveaway, but "the 3rd constituent is obscurity to beryllium found."

"Consideration is nan costs of money, which is wholly lacking successful nan Musk proposal. Registered voters didn’t salary money to motion nan petition. Their personally identifiable accusation isn’t, nether either nan Lane lawsuit aliases authorities law, ‘consideration,’" Stimson explained. 

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Elon Musk speaks during a run municipality hallway successful support of erstwhile President Trump successful Folsom, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Stimson, whose inheritance includes extended investigations into "rogue" prosecutors who person politically benefited from donations made by left-wing billionaire George Soros, added successful his commentary portion that it’s a "bit rich of Krasner to writer Musk, since nan Philadelphia DA is simply a two-time violator of authorities run finance laws."

Elon Musk and Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner (Craig T Fruchtman/Matthew Hatcher/AFP)

Stimson cited erstwhile investigation that recovered Krasner received $1.7 cardinal from Soros-funded groups during his 2017 election, and an further $1.25 cardinal from nan aforesaid groups during his 2021 re-election campaign. 

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"In some races, he collapsed run finance laws and sewage into basking h2o pinch Philadelphia’s Board of Ethics."

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported successful 2019 that Krasner settled pinch nan morals committee complete accepting much than $11,000 successful excess in-kind contributions from nan Soros-backed Real Justice PAC. Krasner paid a $4,000 good and agreed to reimburse nan metropolis for nan excess in-kind publication from nan PAC, while nan Real Justice PAC agreed to salary $8,000 successful penalties.

Musk endorsed Trump successful July, and precocious joined him connected nan run way to rally support for his re-election bid. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Following his 2021 re-election, Krasner’s run and nan Real Justice PAC again admitted to breaking run finance law. Krasner agreed to salary $10,000 successful penalties, while nan Real Justice PAC agreed to salary $30,000 successful penalties, nan Philadelphia Inquirer reported that year.

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"Krasner has been a disaster arsenic Philadelphia’s territory attorney," Stimson wrote. "... Crime has exploded successful Philly arsenic a consequence of Krasner’s pro-criminal, anti-victim, cop-hating policies."

"In nan 5 years earlier he was elected, an mean of 271 homicides occurred per year. Since he was elected successful 2017, an average of 368 homicides per year person occurred – an ‘extra’ 97 dormant bodies per year."

Fox News Digital reached retired to Krasner’s agency for a consequence to Stimson’s arguments, but did not person a reply. 

District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news convention successful Philadelphia, connected Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Following Musk’s announcement of nan giveaway this month, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro group nan shape that it would apt travel nether ineligible scrutiny. 

"I deliberation location are existent questions pinch really he is spending money successful this race, really nan acheronian money is flowing, not conscionable into Pennsylvania, but apparently now into nan pockets of Pennsylvanians. That is profoundly concerning," Shapiro said connected NBC’s "Meet nan Press."

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He continued, "Look, Musk, evidently has a correct to beryllium capable to definitive his views, and he’s made it very, very clear that he supports Donald Trump, and we person a quality of opinion. I don’t contradict him that right, but erstwhile you commencement flowing this benignant of money into politics, I deliberation it raises superior questions that folks whitethorn want to return a look at."

Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speak to nan property while making a extremity astatine nan Reading Terminal Market successful Philadelphia connected July 13, 2024. (Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images)

"You deliberation it mightiness not beryllium legal, yes aliases no?" big Kristen Welker asked.

Shapiro responded, "I deliberation it’s thing that law enforcement tin return a look at."

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Musk announced the eighth victor of nan giveaway connected Saturday successful Lancaster, location to Pennsylvania’s rolling hills dotted pinch Amish farms, wherever he again touted nan petition backing nan Constitution. 

"We're trying to get attraction for this very important petition to support nan Constitution. And, it's like, if we, you cognize – we request nan correct to free speech; we request nan correct to carnivore arms," Musk said astatine nan rally successful Lancaster.

"So we're going to beryllium giving retired a cardinal dollars each time done Nov. 5," he continued. "And also, each you person to do is motion nan petition in support of nan First and Second Amendments. That's it. You don't moreover person to vote. It'd beryllium bully if you voted, but you don't person to. And past conscionable fundamentally motion thing you already judge in, and you get a trial to triumph a cardinal dollars each time from now done nan election."