MOMENT: Musk gives away two $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters in high profile judicial race

Record ID: 1986777

  • Title: MOMENT: Musk gives away two $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters in high profile judicial race
  • Date: 31st March 2025
  • Summary: GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES (MARCH 30, 2025) (REUTERS) TECH BILLIONAIRE, ELON MUSK, ON STAGE AT RALLY (SOUNDBITE) (English) TECH BILLIONAIRE, ELON MUSK, SAYING: “Let me first hand out two $1 million checks in appreciation.” WIDE VIEW OF MUSK ON STAGE BEING HANDED A CHECK (SOUNDBITE) (English) TECH BILLIONAIRE, ELON MUSK, HOLDING CHECK AND SAYING: “The reason, you k
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  • Keywords: Elon Musk Trump Wisconsin cheque judicial million dollar checks million dollars rally
  • Location: GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
  • City: GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001288131032025RP1
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  • Story Text: Billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday (March 30) handed out million-dollar checks to two voters in Wisconsin and promised smaller payments to others who help elect a conservative candidate to the state's top court in a closely watched election.
    The Tesla CEO, a top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, handed out oversized checks at a rally in Green Bay as he sought to drum up enthusiasm for a state Supreme Court election that is already the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
    The recipients of those checks were Nicholas Jacobs and Ekaterina Diestler.
    The April 1 contest will determine the ideological tilt of the state's top court as it considers abortion rights, labor rights and possibly election rules. Technically nonpartisan, the race is seen as an early referendum on Trump in a politically competitive state.
    (Production: Eric Cox, Hussein Waaile, Alexandra Sarabia)
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