Elon Musk Won't Face Election Bribery Charges in Wisconsin, State Prosecutor Says
Gruenke said Musk’s revised post clarified the offer and no one received money for voting, so the state lacked grounds for bribery charges.
- On Tuesday, La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke declined to charge Elon Musk over bribery allegations related to the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, citing insufficient evidence that anyone was paid to vote.
- The Wisconsin Elections Commission referred the matter after a March 27, 2025, post from Musk's account appeared to offer $1 million to attendees who voted in the Supreme Court election.
- Musk replaced the post 12 hours later, clarifying that entrance was limited to those who signed a petition against "activist judges." Gruenke stated the original was "poorly worded," noting "nobody was paid anything of value for voting."
- Special prosecutor Gruenke, appointed after Brown County District Attorney David Lasee cited a conflict of interest, concluded he could not convince a jury to convict Musk because the clarification brought the statement into legal compliance.
- Spending on the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election topped $100 million, making it the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history; Musk supported Brad Schimel, who lost to Democratic-supported Susan Crawford.
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk at the KI Convention Center on March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he handed out checks to voters as part of his advocacy for Brad Schimel's state Supreme Court race. A local prosecutor assigned to investigate whether Musk violated Wisconsin law with the stunt said this week he would not prosecute Musk. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)David Crowley, the Democratic nominee for governor of Wisconsin,…
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hwa-seop = An offer to provide two checks of $1 million (approximately 1.39 billion won) linked to last year's U.S. Wisconsin Supreme Court election vote ...
Elon Musk won’t face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during 2025 Supreme Court election
Reading Time: 3 minutes Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, will not face criminal charges in Wisconsin for promising $1 million checks to voters during the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court race. La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke, a Democrat, who was tapped as a special prosecutor to review the case, wrote in a letter Tuesday that he did not believe a jury would convict Musk of a crime. “I have routinely worked with campaigns and candi…
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