WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has sent a letter to Elon Musk’s super PAC warning that billionaire Tesla CEO giveaways could violate federal law, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing people on the matter had been informed.
According to CNN, a letter from the department’s public integrity division, which investigates possible election-related law violations, went to the PAC.
The Justice Department and Musk’s America PAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
South African-born Musk, who has voiced his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 5 election, announced Saturday, while speaking to a crowd in Pennsylvania, that he would donate 1 million every day until Election Day dollar to someone who signs his online petition in support of the US Constitution.
He handed over $1 million checks to two separate people over the weekend: one to a man in Harrisburg on Saturday and another to a woman in Pittsburg on Sunday.
Musk, ranked by Forbes as the world’s richest person, has provided at least $75 million to America PAC so far, according to federal disclosures, making the group a crucial part of Trump’s effort to win back the White House.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward and Alexandra Ulmer; Additional reporting credit to Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
