Musk's Wisconsin $1m recipient campaigned for Republicans

theguardian.com

Nicholas Jacobs, who received $1 million from Elon Musk, was active in Republican campaigning. He worked to elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in Wisconsin. Jacobs publicly supported candidates including Eric Hovde, a failed Republican Senate candidate, and Brad Schimel, a state supreme court candidate. Musk spent $25 million supporting Schimel. Musk initially stated the money was to encourage voting, but later reframed it as for a petition against activist judges. This followed doubts about the legality of the initial explanation.


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