A Wisconsin prosecutor said Tuesday that he would not bring charges against Elon Musk over allegations of bribery tied to his support for a conservative state Supreme Court candidate last year.
In March 2025, the rocket and electrical car mogul announced on his social media site, X, that he would hand out two $1 million checks at a rally limited to people who had voted.
Twelve hours later, Musk revised the terms of the deal, saying that entrance would be limited to people who signed a petition and that the payments were for people to act as “spokesmen for the petition.”
Tim Gruenke, the Democratic district attorney for La Crosse County, Wisconsin, said that while the first post could be construed as offering the chance of a payment for voting, he doubted he could secure a conviction from a jury.
“Without the famous name attached and the large dollar amounts involved, it is a simple case of a poorly worded statement that was corrected and brought into compliance with the law,” Gruenke wrote in a letter outlining his reasoning.
Musk did not respond to a request for comment.
During the 2024 election, Musk’s Donald Trump-backing super PAC was warned by the Justice Department that a daily giveaway of $1 million to swing-state voters could be illegal. No charges were brought by the department.
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