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Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help get President-elect Donald Trump back in the White House, according to newly released campaign finance records.
The billionaire tech mogul spent over $270 million of his own money through two super PACs that promoted Trump’s candidacy and other Republicans, including one that appeared to refer to deceased liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, according to filings released Thursday night by the Federal Election Commission.
Musk spent roughly $240 million on his pro-Trump super PAC America. The PAC was created after Musk endorsed Trump in July, which made Musk the single largest political spender in the shortest period of time.
Half of the PAC’s money came in the final weeks of the election and in the weeks following the election, and by Nov. 25, the PAC only had $2 million left in the account, according to the FEC.
Much of the money was spent on direct mail, canvassing and phone calls, the PAC’s filing showed.
The filing also showed a total of nine $1 million payments given to nine individuals labeled as «spokesperson consultant», which appeared to be the swing state voters that won Musk’s controversial daily $1 million prize.
