Biden DOJ reportedly warns Elon Musk that $1 million prize for registered voters might be illegal

The Justice Department is warning warned Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that $1 million prize giveaway for registered voters who sign a petition might be illegal, according to a news report Wednesday.

Musk, who also owns the social media platform X, held a series of town hall meetings throughout the battleground state of Pennsylvania last week for registered voters who sign a petition in support of the First and Second amendment.

He has so far awarded at least two $1 million prizes. 

The Justice Department’s public integrity section, which investigates potential election-related law violations, sent the warning in recent days in the form of a letter to Musk’s political action committee, according to CNN, based on information from people briefed on the matter.

CNN reached out seeking comment from Musk, several email addresses listed on the super PAC’s website, the group’s treasurer, and Musk’s press team at the X platform.

The Justice Department declined to comment.

Musk's America PAC is also giving out $47 to each registered voter who refers someone else who signs the petition.

“We want to try to get over a million, maybe 2 million voters in the battleground states to sign the petition in support of the First and Second Amendment,” Musk said in Harrisburg. “We are going to be awarding $1 million randomly to people who have signed the petition, every day, from now until the election.”

In response to those raising legal questions, such as Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., Musk said the winner of the $1 million “can be from any or no political party and you don’t even have to vote.”