Attorney General Josh Kaul vows legal action to stop Elon Musk payments to Wisconsin voters
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says he will take legal action against Elon Musk over the Trump ally's plans to award $1 million checks to two Wisconsin voters ahead of Tuesday's pivotal state Supreme Court election.
In a since-deleted post on X, Musk said he would hold an event Sunday in Wisconsin and hand out $1 million checks to voters "in appreciation for you taking the time to vote."
But after election experts and Democrats raised questions about whether the offer violated the state's election bribery laws, Musk deleted the post and said he would instead be handing over the checks to two people who would serve as spokespeople for his "Petition In Opposition To Activist Judges." The new post also no longer said attendance would be limited "to those who have voted in the Supreme Court election," as the original post had stated.
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The move comes after Kaul and Milwaukee County District Attorney Kent Lovern received a letter from the liberal Madison-based Law Forward legal firm, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and State Democracy Defenders Fund seeking "an immediate investigation."The groups asked Kaul and Lovern to review Musk's America PAC's offer to pay $100 to Wisconsin voters for signing a petition opposing 'activist judges' who have ruled against President Donald Trump and Musk's Thursday announcement of plans to give two voters each $1 million checks.
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Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/03/28/ag-josh-kaul-vows-action-to-stop-musk-payments-to-wisconsin-voters/82708069007/
Although Musk.replaced the tweet this afternoon, it could still have influenced votes before the switch, and I hope Kaul won't let Musk off the hook.
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