Originally published at: Elon Musk resumes cash payments to voters despite Justice Department warning him it's illegal - Boing Boing
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Then charge him and place him under arrest. They won’t, of course, because they’re afraid it would actually help Trump in the election, and sadly, they might be right. Fuck, I hate this timeline.
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He is so powerful, rich, Alpha and yet loves playing victim.
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The Wall Street Journal says Musk loves him some Putin, too.
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187
You’d think he’d at least lose his security clearances over shit like this, but nooo… 
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No paywall:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-s-secret-conversations-with-vladimir-putin/ar-AA1sSO1O
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A more detailed look at the law involved here. Quick summary: Musk has almost certainly violated election laws with this. It’s not really even close. It’s blatantly illegal.
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: one who is used or manipulated by another
And then there was former trainer Pfeil, viewed as another tool of management for his gruff ways.—
Sam Smith
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informal : a foolish or unlikable person : jerk
Before you compete on a reality TV show, you basically sign away your right to protect yourself from looking like a total tool in front of an international viewing audience.—
Steve Tilley
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Lock. him. up.
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A crime punishable by fine is best thought of as a license to perform the act for those with sufficient finances.
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Agreed. He has to face prison time for violating the law. At the very least, he should be arrested on the appropriate charges for this blatant violation of the law.
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And if he gets arrested for ‘this looks kinda hinky and might violate the law’ his lawyers will have him out in two minutes.
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Perhaps so, but I’d rather see a Jack Smith type federal prosecutor try to make a solid case to show that the government takes brazen attempts to flout election laws seriously.
As the video @danimagoo posted points out, this doesn’t merely “look hinky”.
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Even if he’s let out quickly, an arrested defense contractor doesn’t look good.
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Sure, but Jack Smith’s indictments and investigations didn’t exactly happen overnight, either. There are ongoing election interference cases in various states from 2020. They could announce an investigation tomorrow and it would be a year before they produced a charging document.
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No-one is expecting Musk to end up in prison in the next week or two. But a federal or state prosecutor just announcing that a case is in the works right now, and explaining the clear-cut violation that prompted it and the consequences if they prevail, would be a powerful statement that they take this seriously and that Musk isn’t above the law.
There is absolutely nothing – including the DOJ’s 60-day election blackout custom – preventing any prosecutor from doing that.
The timing element of such an announcement is even more pressing, because in two weeks there’s an even chance that not only will there be no chance that Musk is ever charged, but that he’ll be an official in a corrupt fascist regime.
As in so many other areas of American politics, the time to take some sort of stand within the law is now.
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