Elon Musk’s America PAC tries to persuade states to stop investigations
Lawyers for the super PAC said in letters to Michigan and North Carolina that the committee deserves a "commendation, not an investigation."
Elon Musk’s America PAC is trying to persuade election officials in Michigan and North Carolina to back off their investigations of its voter registration practices.
And the political action committee may have succeeded at least in part, as Michigan says it hasn’t found evidence of any violations of state campaign finance law but will continue to monitor the situation.
Michigan and North Carolina said earlier this month that they were looking into America PAC’s website after some people called it misleading. The website collected personal information from users including their age and cellphone number but failed to direct them to voter registration help if they entered a ZIP code from certain states, CNBC reported.
Formed in May and classified as a super PAC, America PAC is supporting former President Donald Trump in his bid to return to the White House, and it’s one way that Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has deepened his involvement in conservative politics in recent years.
Although Musk’s name has not yet appeared on the committee’s public disclosure of contributors, he has said that he created it and that he’s donating to it. He’s also deeply involved in organizational decisions, The Wall Street Journal reported this month. America PAC’s donors so far include Musk associates such as investor Antonio Gracias and Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies.
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