Elon Musk’s America PAC failed to pay swing state voters after promising them money in exchange for signing a petition or referring others to sign ahead of last year’s election, a new proposed national class action suit alleges.
“This case is about a broken promise: Elon Musk promised supporters that they would be paid for signing a petition and referring others to do the same,” Shannon Liss-Riordan, of Lichten & Liss-Riordan, the law firm representing the plaintiffs, told Fortune in an email. “Our clients relied on that promise because they believed in Elon, but unfortunately, that promise was not kept. It appears the promise was broken for many others as well.”
“America PAC is committed to paying for every legitimate petition signature, which is evidenced by the fact that we have paid tens of millions of dollars to canvassers for their hard work in support of our mission,” Romeo said.
Musk’s attorneys argued in court filings that the payments were “intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate.”
