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		<title>Trump and giveaways: What Musk spent $270M on during the election</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help get President-elect Donald Trump back in the White House, according to newly released campaign finance records. The billionaire tech mogul spent over $270 million of his own money through two super PACs that promoted Trump&#8217;s candidacy and other Republicans, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC">Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help get President-elect Donald Trump back in the White House, according to newly released campaign finance records.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">The billionaire tech mogul spent over $270 million of his own money through two super PACs that promoted Trump&#8217;s candidacy and other Republicans, including one that appeared to refer to deceased liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, according to filings released Thursday night by the Federal Election Commission.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Musk spent roughly $240 million on his pro-Trump super PAC America. The PAC was created after Musk endorsed Trump in July, which made Musk the single largest political spender in the shortest period of time.</p>
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<p><span class="hsDdd OOSI GpQCA lZur VlFaz " data-testid="prism-truncate"><span><span class="gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ ">Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh  gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ ">Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images</span></p>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Half of the PAC&#8217;s money came in the final weeks of the election and in the weeks following the election, and by Nov. 25, the PAC only had $2 million left in the account, according to the FEC.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Much of the money was spent on direct mail, canvassing and phone calls, the PAC&#8217;s filing showed.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">The filing also showed a total of nine $1 million payments given to nine individuals labeled as &#8220;spokesperson consultant,&#8221; which appeared to be the swing state voters that won Musk&#8217;s controversial daily $1 million prize.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/philadelphia-da-sues-elon-musk-controversial-1-million/story?id=115217050" target="_blank">sued the PAC</a> in October contending Musk was running an illegal lottery in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-pac-giveaway-judge-injunction-ruling/story?id=92223179" target="_blank">denied an injunction</a> request a few weeks later after an attorney for the PAC testified that the giveaway wasn&#8217;t random, despite Musk&#8217;s claims that they were.</p>
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<p><span class="YNujN JGtjI aZFDu rkKLh  gtOSm FbbUW tUtYa vOCwz EQwFq yCufu eEak Qmvg nyTIa SRXVc vzLa jgBfc WXDas CiUCW kqbG zrdEG txGfn ygKVe BbezD UOtxr CVfpq xijV soGRS XgdC sEIlf daWqJ ">Brandon Bell/Getty Images</span></p>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">The PAC also reported roughly $433,000 in legal bills paid to THE GOBER GROUP PLLC, according to the FEC.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">A new filing showed that Musk was the sole funder of a pro-Trump super PAC named RBG PAC, giving $20 million to the group in the final weeks of the election. The PAC used the initials of former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and ran online ads featuring women who claimed Trump would endorse potential national abortion bans.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Trump has long boasted about his role in ending Roe v. Wade by taking credit for nominating three of the six conservative justices who voted to overturn the case in 2022.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Clara Spera, Ginsberg&#8217;s granddaughter, chastised the PAC in a <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/05/elon-musk-rbg-pac-trump-abortion/" target="_blank">statement</a> to the Washington Post stating it &#8220;has no connection to the Ginsburg family and is an affront to my late grandmother’s legacy.&#8221;</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Earlier in the election cycle, Musk had written big checks to groups supporting House and Senate GOP, including $12.3 million to two super PACs supporting Senate GOP candidates, and another $1.3 million supporting other down-ballot Republicans, according to FEC filings.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">In all, Musk spent at least $273 million in support of various Republicans up and down the ballot at the federal level.</p>
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<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy">Musk has been tapped to co-lead, along with Republican businessman and failed presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, an outside advisory board called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aims to cut as much as $2 trillion from the federal budget of what they called waste.</p>
<p class="EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN">The pair <a class="zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE " data-testid="prism-linkbase" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-eyeing-federal-remote-work-policies-slash-2t/story?id=116494182" target="_blank">met with Republican leaders</a> on the Hill Thursday to discuss their proposals including removing remote work options for federal workers.</p>
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