PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to PoliticsEnglish · 17 days agoElon Musk's lawyer says the $1m is not a prize, or chosen randomly. It's a salary they "earn" to be a spokesperson for Musk's pro-Trump super PAC. Winners are based on their "suitability to serve."x.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk's lawyer says the $1m is not a prize, or chosen randomly. It's a salary they "earn" to be a spokesperson for Musk's pro-Trump super PAC. Winners are based on their "suitability to serve."x.comPhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to PoliticsEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareOni_eyeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·17 days agoWouldn’t that open them up to other crimes like false advertising?
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@ponder.catOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 days agoTry violations of federal election law: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=147042 It seems pretty cut and dried.
minus-squareGoldmage263linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-216 days agoBesides that, wouldn’t it count as taxable wages and need a W-2 OR 1099 if it’s not a lottery or gift?
Wouldn’t that open them up to other crimes like false advertising?
Try violations of federal election law:
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=147042
It seems pretty cut and dried.
Besides that, wouldn’t it count as taxable wages and need a W-2 OR 1099 if it’s not a lottery or gift?
Fraudulent advertising, apparently.