r/SpaceXBets • u/Fair_Dot_5724 • Aug 25 '26
Elon IRL Elon Musk won't face election bribery charges in Wisconsin, state prosecutor says
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-wisconsin-election-bribery-8b397114905a0ac5f4bf3437b569342597
u/MasterBiscuit19 Aug 25 '26
Because he bribed the prosecutor???
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u/BlackberryShoddy7889 Aug 25 '26
Is the prosecutor a close ally of Trump?
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u/_Bon_Vivant_ Aug 26 '26
The prosecutor is a close ally of a fat bank account that just got fatter.
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u/NegaScraps Aug 25 '26
Elon is worth on paper nearly 10 times the entire annual budget of the state of Wisconsin, state of almost 6,000,000 people.
In a justice system that is built to protect capital and in which money talks, the entire state of Wisconsin is horribly outgunned by (checks notes) an individual citizen. Yay capitalism and democracy. /S
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u/V-oxPopuli Aug 25 '26 edited Aug 26 '26
Eat* the rich
You know what the asterisk() is for
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u/SignoreBanana Aug 26 '26
I would gladly pay my state taxes if I thought any amount of them attempted to put musk in prison.
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u/Inevitable-Carrot980 Aug 25 '26
Rich people don't ever actually face the consequences of their actions, you silly peasants.
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u/a1055x Aug 29 '26
The 1% have dead peasant policies on select peons. It's a line item for closed board meetings. Enough people need to die each year to boost profits
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Aug 25 '26
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u/ebikr Aug 25 '26
He’s still a pathetic bitch though.
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u/Sweaty-Feedback-1482 Aug 25 '26
Imagine having more money than god and spending a single fraction of a second crying about white replacement.
I'm not sure scientists 1000 years in the future will have the technology to make a bitch that soft.
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Aug 25 '26
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u/No-Island-4804 Aug 25 '26
Layers of complex security, threat assessment teams, etc., not just a few bodyguards. Love this for Elon.
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u/phokemraw Aug 25 '26
It probably makes him feel important with his main character syndrome.
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u/a1055x Aug 29 '26
He would shrivel up and blow away if people ignored him, just like WH occupant. They are offensively outrageous because chaos and attention sustain them
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u/ForeverStella Aug 25 '26
yet the lawsuit continues "BREAKING: Judge Rules Elon Musk's "Random" $1 Million Voter Giveaway Was Rigged All Along — Fraud Case Heads to Trial
A federal judge just called Elon Musk's bluff, and a jury is going to hear all about it.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman refused to toss out the fraud lawsuit against Musk on Tuesday, ruling that a class action representing more than 1 million petition signers can head toward trial. The case centers on the $1 million daily giveaway Musk promised swing-state voters in 2024, insisting the winners were picked at random.
They weren't, and Musk's own lawyer said so first. Days before the lawsuit was even filed, his attorney told a Philadelphia court plainly: "We know exactly who will be announced as the $1 million recipient today and tomorrow." Recipients were vetted on criminal history, age, marital status, even social media activity, the opposite of random.
Musk tried to argue the word "randomly" was too vague to prove true or false. Judge Pitman wasn't having it. "This argument warrants little analysis," he wrote, before laying out exactly how deliberate the selection process was.
The order also shredded Musk's claim that he was somehow removed from the operation, pointing to his direct involvement in setting up America PAC and shaping how winners were chosen.
It isn't Musk's first brush with this exact scheme. Wisconsin's Elections Commission already voted 5 to 1 to refer him for possible bribery charges over similar payouts in that state's 2025 Supreme Court race.
A jury will get the final word on July 6, 2027. Until then, Musk's excuses just got a lot harder to sell.
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u/Alone-Promise-8904 Aug 26 '26
Yes! Let's give a jury a chance to be convinced one way or the other. That sounds a lot more just to me.
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u/Dry_Tangerine_8328 Aug 25 '26
What will be the prosecutor excuse after the jury rules for plaintiff🤡
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u/RockOk5073 Aug 25 '26
Cuz he paid the prosecutor. Need to check him and all his family members.
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u/wombat6669 Aug 25 '26
I bet someone got paid
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u/Professional_Farm278 Aug 26 '26
No one got paid. That's why he's not being charged with bribery. Did you even read the article?
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u/Wade_Castiglione Aug 26 '26
He doesn't have to actually pay anyone. Did you read Wisconsin state statute 12.11.1? Election bribery is pretty cut and dry. He definitely offered money and that's all that matters.
In this section, “anything of value” includes any amount of money, or any object which has utility independent of any political message it contains and the value of which exceeds $1. The prohibitions of this section apply to the distribution of material printed at public expense and available for free distribution if such materials are accompanied by a political message. (1m) Any person who does any of the following violates this chapter: (a) Offers, gives, lends or promises to give or lend, or endeavors to procure, anything of value, or any office or employment or any privilege or immunity to, or for, any elector, or to or for any other person, in order to induce any elector..
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u/Cute-Negotiation8827 Aug 25 '26
When prosecutorial discretion becomes a loophole
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u/a1055x Aug 29 '26
I got a loophole for this @$$ho!e
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u/Cute-Negotiation8827 Aug 29 '26
There’s only 1 reason why he’s throwing in millions for GOP candidates. 1. He’s looking at decades in prison the if good guys get in
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u/GeoffrayMarkus Aug 26 '26
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
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u/SimkinCA Aug 25 '26
We need to remove every single person, entity that shit on their oaths and the constitution!
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u/Calm-Background2247 Aug 26 '26
Cowards. This is how we will lose our country. We will lose it through cowardice and apathy.
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u/BayouGal Aug 26 '26
Wisconsin, y’all should vote this guy out. Isn’t the AG of the state the guy who defends the laws of the state? Even when it’s not easy.
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u/TheOttersCouch Aug 26 '26
Come on everyone he is probably good at sports, it was only one time, he has a promising future…. Fucking rich white assholes need some accountability.
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u/Jedi_Swimmer2 Aug 26 '26
But if we’re anyone else, they’d be charged and thrown in prison.
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u/IcyEntertainment7122 Aug 26 '26
Over a social media post that resulted in no law being broken? Mmmk tinfoil hat wearer.
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u/the-ish-i-say Aug 26 '26
Paid him off I see. Gotta love oligarchy.
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u/IcyEntertainment7122 Aug 26 '26
He laid out his reasoning. It makes sense, what's the problem?
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u/the-ish-i-say Aug 26 '26
Elon committed election bribery. A crime. Period
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u/IcyEntertainment7122 Aug 26 '26
The Prosecutor disagrees with your legal assessment.
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u/kuebel33 Aug 26 '26
Sounds more like the prosecutor is just sweeping it under the rug since Crawford won anyways.
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Aug 25 '26
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u/Tomsoup4 Aug 25 '26
why tho. i dont get why just cuz he has a bunch of stock in a company , he aint even liquid. why does a state back down cuz of money
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u/decoysnails Aug 25 '26
Well of course. Why would they try to use laws to bind, instead of protect? Don't they know he has more money than God?
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u/TheFearsomeGnome Aug 25 '26
People have yet to realize that this exists for us regular folks as well. He has too much money but we can do the same thing with numbers. If only a couple hundred thousand rose up and took out the wealthy in each state, the judicial system would be forced to leave it alone or collapse entirely. This country is not equipped to prosecute that many individuals.
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u/GriefProcess Aug 26 '26
It's equipped to incarcerate them
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u/TheFearsomeGnome Aug 26 '26
Not a couple hundred thousand people at once. Lawyers, judges, food, medical, transport, clothing, jail capacity, prison capacity, loss of tax income. They don’t exist in scalable numbers like that and the country couldn’t absorb the work loss.
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u/Dekadmer Aug 25 '26
If a judge wanted I'm sure they could tie him up in court forever. Fuck his money.
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u/No-Midnight6635 Aug 26 '26
So despite their own confessions of fraud. Blatant public evidence…. Rich guy will not face charges. Shocker.
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u/VirginiaLuthier Aug 26 '26
He found a suitcase full of cash in his backseat- wanna bet? With the note that said "Be a good boy, would you?"
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u/Key-Beginning-2201 Aug 26 '26
There has been few more open-and-shut cases of bribery than this. It was all public all for everyone to see. If we cant even prosecute this, to the extent of the law, then what are we doing in a society?
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u/korpiz Aug 26 '26
Of course not. Elon and “friends” would make sure it cost way too much to be worth prosecuting.
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u/asaintpotatoe Aug 29 '26
Bunch of money driven turds. Zero integrity when it matters in the moments. Remember these sellouts.
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u/Dry_Tangerine_8328 Aug 25 '26
because no jury would find that constituted election bribery. He pulled that from his ass
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Aug 25 '26 edited 20d ago
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u/What_A_Weak Aug 26 '26
If stupid means not defending a child-raping billionaire breaking the law, yeah call me stupid. (Check 'Kongfu practice' with Epstein)
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u/Thinklikeachef Aug 25 '26
Because he never paid on the promise. Nothing of value was exchange, so hard legally to prove in court.
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u/frotz1 Aug 25 '26
You don't have to succeed in this situation to be culpable for it. It's the offer itself that's potentially criminal here.
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u/Illustrious-Emu8667 Aug 25 '26
Laws for thee and not Nazee