Judge orders Elon Musk to give deposition in election lottery case

techJun 25, 2026571,406

Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin ordered Elon Musk to sit for a sworn deposition in a fraud lawsuit over a $1 million voter registration giveaway run by his political committee America PAC. Two Arizona women who signed petition forms say America PAC misled them into providing personal information by promising a chance to win the daily $1 million prize and contend the winners were not chosen at random. Hightower’s order requires on-the-record questioning by opposing lawyers that will let plaintiffs probe how winners were selected, who funded the giveaways, and what representations were made to voters. A federal judge in Texas has already ruled that a fraud claim will proceed while a related contract claim may be dismissed, narrowing the case around the alleged deceptive scheme. Plaintiffs characterize the giveaway as vote buying targeted at swing-state voters during the 2024 cycle, and the deposition may produce documents or testimony central to class certification and pretrial rulings. Musk must answer under oath and his testimony can be used at trial or to expand discovery.

emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

Magistrate Judge recommends Musk will have to sit for deposition re his $1M registration scheme, the kind of thing Harmeet Dhillion criminally prosecutes when brown people do it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Deposition of Defendant Musk and
Supplemental Discovery Responses, and Further Support of Extension of Scheduling
Order Based on Defendants’ Failure to Supplement Discovery Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.
P. 26(e) and 37(a) (McAferty Dkt. 47) and Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Deposition and
Responses to Discovery (Harvick Dkts. 44 (redacted) and 45 (sealed)). The Court
ORDERS Defendants to produce Defendant Elon Musk for deposition; reproduce
without redaction for non-responsiveness copies of documents previously produced
with redactions on that basis; and supplement their discovery responses if required
under Rule 26(e).

101045d ago

max1969.bsky.social16

Arrest and convict muskrat for election interference !!

🐾💙Lynn Daniel’s💙🐾15

He should have been put it cuffs when this happened, but hey…. If you are part of a cult they will let you do anything!

jeppa1.bsky.social6

“Recommends” He won’t show up

chitobandito.bsky.social5

Musk's platoon of Blackwater mercenary bodyguards will have to wait outside while he's in court. Perfect time to arrest him!

hiddentakedown.bsky.social3

They can jail him on distributing child porn, as he is wanted for in France, while they are at it

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Grudgie the Whale17

I mean… this is a pretty well documented crime

RoseMarie

@rosesbloom24.bsky.social

Elon Musk told voters they had a random shot at $1 million. Now a judge has ordered him to answer for it under oath. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin ordered Musk to sit for a deposition — sworn, on-the-record questioning by opposing lawyers — (cont.) www.msn.com/en-ca/news/w...

7745d ago

RoseMarie8

in a fraud lawsuit brought by two Arizona women who say his political action committee, America PAC, tricked them into handing over their personal information.

Gillian Branstetter

@gbbranstetter.bsky.social

Who in the world thinks Elon Musk "earned" a trillion dollars

10345d ago

Bev Pausche, APR

@bevpr.bsky.social

“If anyone has deserved the business end of the American security state, it’s Elon Musk, one of the most evil men in world history.”

7045d ago

Brosemite Sam

@brosemitesam.bsky.social

HR Haldeman is distantly related to Elon Musk, so there's one.

4345d ago

Scott Horton

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Elon Musk aims to be sole-source financier of the GOP in 2026, provided that the GOP serves as his proxy. www.washingtonpost.com/elections/in...

2045d ago

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Dave Vetter11

We really should have retired the "Meet the [...]" headline cliché a decade prior to whatever this is.

Anne Grete (GoogeliArt) 🦋💙PD

@googeliart.bsky.social

Elon Musk ordered to give deposition as 'vote buying' scheme bites him www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-vo...

1845d ago

Ewart, Dave

@davidewart.bsky.social

MacKenzie Scott donated $7 billion in 2025 bringing her five-year total to $26.2 billion, even as she stays out of the spotlight. fortune.com/2026/06/25/m... Elon musk . Zero

1245d ago

Bloomberg Law

@bloomberglaw.com

Elon Musk should face a claim of fraud, but not for breach of contract, from an Arizona voter who said the entrepreneur misled her into signing a petition to win $1 million from a political group supporting President Trump in the 2024 election, a federal judge in Texas said Thursday.

545d ago

zerocrossing

@zerocrossing.bsky.social

If you’re posting on X, remember that you are an unpaid employee of Elon Musk, the guy who does spontaneous Nazi salutes and opines about the death of “western civilization.”

845d ago

chuckwoot.bsky.social

@chuckwoot.bsky.social

"CHANGE THE VOTER,CHANGE THE COUNTRY" this warning is brought to you by the Trump MAGA RINO anti-democracy cult of the US of Shitholes.Their HITMEN, child rapist Trump(Putin's pet),druggie pervert Elon Musk(Xi's pet) & Netan-yahoo's pet Stephen Miller.The Fall of the American Empire speeds up.

645d ago

Kim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetch™️

@easybakedoven.bsky.social

fuck, we're about to enter an era of nobody asking is elon musk a trillionare but the media telling us e'rry gotdayum day anyway

845d ago

Aunt Patty

@auntpatty.bsky.social

Elon Musk Ordered to Testify in Election Lottery Cases; One Lawsuit May Be Narrowed ground.news/article/elon...

245d ago

Brown Sugar Babe RN MSN

@cas7217.bsky.social

U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin ordered Musk to sit for a deposition sworn, on-the-record questioning by opposing lawyers — in a fraud lawsuit brought by two Arizona women who say his political action committee, America PAC, tricked them into handing over their personal information.

445d ago

Rolle Laukkarinen

@rolle.mementomori.social

Just finished "Character Limit" (Conger & Mac, 2024) about how Musk wrecked Twitter, and what's funny is how unremarkable both the world's richest man and the tech he's trying to build really are. There was nothing genius about any of it. He fired most of […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

Book cover titled "Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter" by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, featuring a black-and-white Elon Musk image.

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