Elon Musk will not face charges for promising to give $1 million to voters in a 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election because no jury would find that constituted election bribery, a state prosecutor said Tuesday.
Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was deeply involved in the effort to flip majority control of the highest court in battleground Wisconsin last year. But the candidate he and Republicans backed lost to Democratic-supported Susan Crawford, whose victory preserved liberals’ majority on the court.
The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission in July referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office for possible charges, saying Musk likely broke the law. La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke was later appointed as a special prosecutor because of a conflict of interest.
By this logic, we should stop arresting people for attempted murder because it didn’t work anyway.
no jury would find that constituted election bribery, a state prosecutor said
Even though the Wisconsin Elections Commission found probable cause that Elon Musk broke the law ?
you assume they act in good faith.
Why don’t they actually ask a jury that, you know, with a trial maybe?
Or at least a Grand one maybe. I hear those will indict a ham sandwich.
Yeah because a ham sandwhich has no assets. If you’re rich, a grand jury is not indicting you as vigorously.
Somebody should investigate the prosecutor for accepting a bribe, me thinks.
Turtles all the way down…
state prosecutors can decide what the jury will say and that’s enough to close the case
USA weird
Pretty sure if Elon goes before a jury, he is getting convicted regardless of what he is charged with cause of how much people don’t like him but he’ll probably find a way to bribe or blackmail a jury member or two.
I used to like Elon until he started talking.
Jury muskification.
I live in Wisconsin and would have 100% called it election bribery if on the jury, because it was.
Put me on the jury
I’m shocked
Lol. This shows everyone that even the bluest of the blue states won’t stand up to this stuff. CA won’t even punish the a-hole sherrif that stole and tainted votes.
It doesn’t matter how hard you “vote blue” ,MAGA IS NOT LEAVING WITHOUT PHYSICALLY BEING REMOVED
no jury would find that constituted election bribery
Why not? Are they planning to let Elon Musk bribe the jury, as well?
Why don’t they actually ask a jury that, you know, with a trial maybe?
sigh.
Maybe he bribed the jury…
Bend over, Wisconsin.
I don’t think “tough” when I think of Wisconsin. I think cheese and pudgy people.
