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Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance
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Musk PAC tells Philadelphia judge the $1 million sweepstakes winners are not chosen by chance

  • By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press

A judge in Philadelphia is hearing more testimony about Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day swing-state voter sweepstakes. A lawyer for the billionaire's political action committee said the so-called "winners" are not chosen by chance. Attorney Chris Gober said the voters are hand-picked to be "spokespeople" for Musk's pro-GOP America PAC. Gober also told the judge that Monday's recipient will come from Arizona and Tuesday's from Michigan, so they won't affect Pennsylvania's election. More than a million people registered for the sweepstakes. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said these people were scammed for their personal information and it's unclear how the PAC will use it.

Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?
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Jails emptied in the pandemic. Should they stay that way?

  • By WEIHUA LI and BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press undefined

It wasn't long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought the w…