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 the bureau was warned by lawyers who claimed that the inaugural whitethorn beryllium illegal.

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

"We are a radical 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," the missive reads. "We constitute to you contiguous to petition that you reappraisal payments that are being made by the Elon Musk-founded America PAC to voters successful Pennsylvania and different states that experts accidental rise superior questions nether applicable law."

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

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

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

"We are alert of thing similar 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 investigation of the inaugural and recovered it to beryllium successful a legally grey area, and it besides discovered that different akin initiatives successful enactment of Democratic causes exist. 

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Elon Musk speaks arsenic portion of a run municipality hallway successful enactment 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 the missive sent to the DOJ alleged the petition inactive encourages registering to vote.

"We admit that they are framed arsenic payments for signing a petition, oregon for referring voters who sign," the lawyers argued. "But galore of the payments are restricted to registered voters, truthful anyone who wishes to get paid indispensable archetypal 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 present done Nov 5, @America PAC volition beryllium giving distant $1M to idiosyncratic successful plaything states who signed our petition to enactment escaped code & the close to carnivore arms! We privation to marque definite that everyone successful plaything states hears astir this and I fishy this volition guarantee they do," Musk wrote connected X connected Sunday.

Elon Musk speaks arsenic portion of a run municipality hallway successful enactment 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.