Billionaire Elon Musk gave $193 million to his pro-Trump super PAC through Election Day, federal filings released Thursday show—and pumped an additional $20 million into a separate Trump-aligned PAC—solidifying his place as one of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest billionaire supporters.
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00:00Billionaire Elon Musk gave $193 million to his pro-Trump super PAC through Election Day,
00:06federal filings released Thursday show, and pumped an additional $20 million into a separate
00:11Trump-aligned PAC, solidifying his place as one of President-elect Donald Trump's biggest
00:16billionaire supporters.
00:18That's on top of $118.6 million Musk had already reported giving to the PAC prior to
00:24October 17th, adding up to $239 million in total, and potentially making Musk Trump's
00:31biggest financial backer, though it's still unclear how Musk's donations stack up against
00:35Trump's previous biggest donor, Timothy Mellon, who had given $150 million to pro-Trump super
00:41PACs through October 16th.
00:43FEC filings show Musk also funded a super PAC that came under controversy for using
00:48late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to endorse Trump on abortion, which Ginsburg's family
00:52disavowed, with Musk giving $20.5 million to the PAC and serving as its sole donor.
00:59Musk donated to America PAC in the weeks before the election, as his PAC was garnering headlines
01:04for its controversial $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters in swing states, which
01:09gave out $18 million in total by Election Day, and the PAC also awarded $47 checks to
01:15people who recruited others to sign the petition, saying October 30th it had sent out more than
01:2087,000 checks.
01:22America PAC's activities are expected to continue even now that the election is over,
01:27with Musk saying on November 12th the PAC will keep grinding to register voters in key
01:31districts ahead of the midterm elections, promising it will also play a significant
01:35role in primaries.
01:37While America PAC was the main focus of Musk's political giving this election cycle, FEC
01:42filings show he also made a number of other major donations, including to the National
01:46Republican Congressional Committee and state Republican parties in Utah, Alabama and California.
01:52He also gave money to GOP Representative Ken Calvert's re-election campaign and Kobe
01:57Jenkins' unsuccessful House race in Utah, and gave $1 million in August to Early Vote
02:02Action PAC, which is dedicated to boosting GOP voter registrations.
02:07For more on this story, check out Alison Durkee's article in the link in the description.
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