Elon Musk faces lawsuit over alleged fraud in $1 million a day giveaway
Washington: Elon Musk was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit on Tuesday, filed by Arizona resident Jacqueline McAferty in a Texas federal court, alleging that his recent $1 million-a-day giveaway was fraudulent. McAferty claims that Musk and his America PAC organization misled registered voters into signing a petition by promising random prize selection, while winners were actually predetermined.
The lawsuit follows a separate legal challenge from Philadelphia’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, who unsuccessfully sought to end the giveaway, calling it an illegal lottery. Tuesday’s suit demands $5 million in damages for all affected signees.
The complaint argues that Musk benefited from the promotion by driving user traffic to X, his social media platform, and collecting personal information from participants that could be monetized. Musk, a supporter of Donald Trump in the presidential race, offered this giveaway to voters in seven key battleground states, ostensibly to rally support for the Constitution, free speech, and gun rights.
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Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.
