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Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery

The Guardian Business · 17 October 2026 at 15:42

Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery

Trump-boosting billionaire was sued over promise to give away $1m per day to random signatories of petition Elon Musk and his ⁠America Pac political action committee said recently that they agreed to settle two ⁠proposed class ⁠actions alleging the billionaire entrepreneur defrauded residents in closely contested states before the ⁠2024 US election by promising voters a lottery-style daily $1m giveaway.

The plaintiffs, Musk and America Pac told the ‌judge overseeing the two ‌related lawsuits in federal court in Austin, Texas, ‌on Thursday that they have reached settlements subject to court approval.

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Elon Musk agrees to settle lawsuits over 2024 election lottery

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