New Report Exposes Musk’s Personal Incentive To Influence the 2024 Election
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Public Citizen released new research exposing Elon Musk’s significant personal and business-related incentives to influence the 2024 presidential election.
At least three of Musk’s businesses — Tesla, X, and SpaceX — are currently under scrutiny for alleged misconduct by at least nine federal agencies. The desire to thwart the numerous civil and criminal investigations into his businesses seems a likely reason for the billionaire’s increased involvement in electoral politics, which has so far included campaign rally appearances, the creation of a super PAC, and promising payments of $1 million to select Pennsylvania citizens who sign a petition “in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms” and prove they voted in the 2024 election.
“As eccentric and provocative as Elon Musk wants people to think he is, he’s really just another corporate billionaire who wants to avoid accountability,” said Rick Claypool, research director at Public Citizen and author of the report. “Nobody — not government officials or massive corporations or billionaire executives — is above the law. But if self-serving campaigns to the contrary succeed, the injustice of America’s two-tiered justice system will only deepen.”
The full report is available here. For more information, or to speak to Rick Claypool, contact eleach@citizen.org.