Reports: Justice Department warns Elon Musk over his $1M giveaway plan for voters

Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Billionaire-turned-Trump campaign surrogate Elon Musk and his "America PAC" have been warned by the U.S. Justice Department in recent days that his pledge to give $1 million to registered swing-state voters may violate the law, according to reports.

On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland reportedly was the recipient of a letter by a number of GOP officials requesting DOJ investigate Musk's sweepstake. His plan, critics say, to give $1M to registered voters in either Arizona, Michigan, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin may very well be in violation of federal law, according to CNN sources familiar with the issue.

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