Elon Musk ordered to testify in election giveaway case [View all]

(Reuters) – A federal judge ordered Elon Musk to testify under oath in two proposed class actions accusing him of defrauding voters in swing states before the 2024 election by promising a $1 million-a-day giveaway.

In a decision on Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin, Texas, also recommended that Musk and his political action committee America PAC face a claim in one of the lawsuits that they tricked voters into providing personal identifying information as part of the giveaway. She said a related breach of contract claim should be dismissed.

Musk's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Lawyers for the plaintiffs in both lawsuits did not immediately respond to similar requests or had no immediate comment.

Plaintiffs claim the winners were not random

The respective plaintiffs Joy Harvick and Jacqueline McAferty, both from Arizona, said Musk and America PAC misled voters in seven swing states into signing his petition to support the U.S. Constitution, by promising that the $1 million recipients would be chosen "randomly" as in a lottery.

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