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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk is being sued in class action lawsuit on bogus lottery scam
Juanita Jeans son, Mark Bankston, is counsel to this lawsuit.
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This is the second case that Matk has had against Musk
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(1,080 posts)From the Editor
Bankston's tenacity has led to victories across a broad spectrum of legal battles. Best known for his takedown of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones during a defamation trial involving the Sandy Hook mass shooting, Bankston's litigation range includes corporate negligence, product defects, defamation and police abuse. He is currently handling a defamation case against Elon Musk.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-bankston/
Smart and tenacious.
JI7
(90,535 posts)they were told their name would be included in the drawing if they signed the petition ?
But the people that "won" were already decided ?
That is the basis of this lawsuit. Musk's attorneys admitted that this was a scam
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219653714
LetMyPeopleVote
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(72,421 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,839 posts)18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting
U.S. Code
Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 103322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104294, title VI, § 601(a)(12), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498.)