根据周四公布的法院文件，科技亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克同意和解两起诉讼，这些诉讼涉及他在2024年大选期间向摇摆州选民发放100万美元支票的行为。
Tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed to settle two lawsuits over his $1 million check handouts to battleground voters in the 2024 election, according to court filings published Thursday.
这些诉讼是在得克萨斯州西区法院提起的，指控特斯拉和SpaceX首席执行官马斯克在选民欺诈行为中负有责任，因为他的政治行动委员会（PAC）——美国PAC——在2024年大选前每天向摇摆州选民提供100万美元的赠送活动。
The suits, filed in the Western District of Texas, accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of defrauding voters when his political action committee (PAC), America PAC, offered a $1 million giveaway to swing state voters every day leading up to the 2024 general election.
马斯克最初在2024年10月于宾夕法尼亚州作出这一承诺，随后在密歇根州、内华达州、亚利桑那州、佐治亚州、威斯康星州和北卡罗来纳州也作出了类似承诺。
Musk first made the pledge in October 2024 in Pennsylvania, and eventually made similar promises in Michigan, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and North Carolina.
“我们对这100万美元唯一的要求是，你成为请愿书的代言人，”马斯克当时对从现场观众中挑选的一位受助人说道。
“The only thing we ask for the million dollars is that you be a spokesperson for the petition,” Musk told a recipient he handpicked from the audience at the time.
诉讼称，选民在签署请愿书时被误导，被告知获得者将像抽奖一样“随机”选出。马斯克告诉费城的一位法官，获奖者并非通过随机抽取产生，而是被选中来担任“该团队的代言人”而获得报酬。这位科技巨头曾被命令在6月份以宣誓作证的形式出庭，但在和解达成前尚未作出证言。和解的具体细节未在公开文件中披露，《国会山报》已联系原告方和马斯克的法律团队以获取更多信息。
The lawsuits argued that voters were misled when they signed the petition and were told recipients would be chosen at “random” as in a lottery. Musk told a Philadelphia judge that winners were not chosen by random but chosen to be paid “spokespeople for the group.”The tech mogul was ordered to testify under oath in June but had not yet testified before the settlements were reached. The details of the settlement were not included in public filings, and The Hill reached out to the plaintiffs’ and Musk’s legal teams for more information.
在威斯康星州，马斯克去年州最高法院选举期间对选民发放100万美元支票作出了不同的承诺。
In Wisconsin, Musk made a different pledge for $1 million check handouts to voters during the state’s Supreme Court election last year.
马斯克最初于2025年3月宣布，他将在威斯康星州发表演讲，入场仅限于该州最高法院选举的投票者。他在社交平台X上表示，他将“亲自递交两张每张一百万美元的支票，以表达对您花时间投票的感谢。”大约12小时后，他的帖子被删除并被另一条帖子取代，澄清入场仅限于签署反对“活跃法学家”请愿书的人。马斯克表示，这笔钱将给予该请愿书的“发言人”，他随后前往威斯康星州的竞选集会上发放了两张支票。
Musk initially announced in March 2025 that he would speak in Wisconsin, with entrance limited to those who had voted in the state’s Supreme Court election. He said on the social platform X he would “personally hand over two checks for a million dollars each in appreciation for you taking the time to vote.”About 12 hours later, his post was deleted and replaced with another, clarifying entrance was limited to those who signed the petition against “activist judges.”Musk said the money would be given to “spokesmen” for the petition, and he went to hand out two checks during a campaign rally in Wisconsin.
威斯康星州拉克罗斯县地方检察官蒂姆·格伦克（民主党）在8月宣布，其办公室决定不对这些发放行为提起指控，理由是最终，“没有人因投票或承诺投票而获得任何有价值的报酬。”尽管马斯克作出了努力，但他支持的保守派候选人布拉德·施米尔最终败给了得到民主党支持的苏珊·克劳福德，使得最高法院保持了自由派多数。
La Crosse County, Wisc. District Attorney Tim Gruenke (D) announced in August his office declined to press charges over the handouts, arguing that in the end, “nobody was paid anything of value for voting or promising to vote.”Despite Musk’s efforts, the conservative candidate he backed, Brad Schimel, lost to Democratic-backed Susan Crawford, keeping the high court’s liberal majority.
尽管马斯克在此次选举周期中未作出类似承诺，但作为SpaceX首席执行官的他正逐渐成为2026年中期选举中共和党方面已知的最大捐助者。
While Musk has not made similar pledges this election cycle, the SpaceX CEO is shaping up to be the largest known donor of the 2026 midterms for Republicans.