{"id":4029,"date":"2026-07-28T08:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4029"},"modified":"2026-07-28T08:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T08:36:02","slug":"pro-trump-billionaires-pac-refuses-to-turn-over-evidence-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4029","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Trump billionaire&#8217;s PAC refuses to turn over evidence to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Lawyers trying to mount a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC, a super PAC he funded to support President Donald Trump and other conservatives, say the defendants aren\u2019t cooperating in turning over key documents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4027\">The ultimate smoking gun: Trump officials just copped to a $7.5B shakedown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting the run-around,\u201d said attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, who is based in Massachusetts. \u201cWe\u2019ve been delayed in getting discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cases against Musk and America PAC stem from a promise to pay $47 for every successful referral of a registered swing state voter to sign a petition in favor of \u201cfree speech and the right to bear arms.\u201d The amount was later raised to $100 per signature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasy money,\u201d Musk posted on the social media site X, which he owns, in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>One proposed class action case was brought by an anonymous plaintiff who says, while working as an hourly canvasser for America PAC, he was encouraged to refer people to sign the petition for additional pay. The plaintiff, listed as John Doe, says he\u2019s owed more than $20,000 and is aware of others in similar situations.<\/p>\n<p>Another case was brought by Lancaster man Anthony Maglietta and two other swing state voters who say they were never paid for signing the petition or referring others.<\/p>\n<p>Liss-Riordan, the attorney for both cases, is trying to get them approved as a class action. They\u2019re moving forward together in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>She says she\u2019s heard from dozens of people who could qualify if the court allows it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are generally people who are followers of Elon Musk, and believed in what he was doing and are aligned politically with a goal here,\u201d she told the Capital-Star. \u201cThe fact that they weren\u2019t even paid what they were told they would be paid \u2014 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s surprising or not, but it\u2019s very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Capital-Star reached out to lawyers for Musk and America PAC, an email associated with Musk\u2019s family office, and a public relations firm that employs a spokesperson for America PAC. None responded.<\/p>\n<p>America PAC\u2019s website says, \u201cAmerica PAC has already mailed the overwhelming majority of checks owed to eligible referrers and petition signers. If you haven\u2019t received payment yet, that does not necessarily mean you won\u2019t \u2026 We continue to review and process outstanding payments that have been flagged for mismatched information or require additional action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4025\">Parents face severe sticker shock as Trump\u2019s policies hit back-to-school<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk is reported to have spent around $290 million helping Trump and Republicans get elected in 2024, making him the largest single political donor of the election cycle. Following the election, he was made a special government employee by the Trump administration, serving as the de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cGoing in circles\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>In a letter to U.S. District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone, Liss-Riordan explained that her clients requested documents from the defendants in December 2025, part of the discovery process.<\/p>\n<p>She said her team was told by America PAC that they did not have the documents, and should seek them from third-party vendors they\u2019d contracted. But when they went to those vendors, they were told that America PAC had them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaintiffs are frustrated that they have been going in circles to obtain the discovery that is essential to their case \u2013 with Defendants claiming the vendors have the documents and the vendors claiming Defendants have the documents \u2013 and neither agreeing to produce them,\u201d Liss-Riordan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, she alleges that some of the vendors may not be as independent as they seem. She says, for example, United States of America Inc. and Group America, LLC were established by Musk. And other vendors she sought documents from had principal members who were also high-ups at America PAC.<\/p>\n<p>A conference has been set up between Eastern District Judge Wendy Beetlestone and lawyers for both parties on Tuesday, but it will not be streamed to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties have requested an extension of the deadline to certify a class action case from July 31 to November 30. It would mark the third such extension.<\/p>\n<p>According to Liss-Riordan, class certification can\u2019t be done until more documents are turned over in discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Musk and America PAC are also being sued in a Texas U.S. District Court over an alleged $1 million giveaway to swing state voters who signed a petition to support the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiffs allege that Musk and America PAC misled voters into thinking winners would be chosen randomly, but were actually predetermined.<\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission also agreed in a 5-1 vote in July to refer two complaints against Musk to the Brown County district attorney\u2019s office, finding probable cause that he violated the state\u2019s election bribery statute with another million dollar giveaway during the state\u2019s 2025 state supreme court election.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=4023\">Nationwide backlash as Trump loyalists vote to gut historic protections<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawyers trying to mount a class action lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC, a super PAC he funded to support President Donald Trump and other conservatives, say the defendants aren\u2019t cooperating in turning over key documents.\u201cWe\u2019re getting the run-around,\u201d said attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan, w&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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