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The Independent UK
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Lawsuit claims Musk failed to make promised payments over 2024 petition signatures

Wisconsin Supreme Court - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in Pennsylvania accuses billionaire Elon Musk and the political action committee he started of failing to pay a suburban Philadelphia man more than $20,000 for getting people to sign a petition in favor of free speech and gun rights.

The lawsuit seeking class-action status claims the man, referred to as Bucks County resident John Doe and requesting to remain anonymous, received hourly pay for canvassing ahead of the November presidential election, but that he was not fully paid for the petition referrals.

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