Background: Elon awards, to random person who signs his petition. & that creates buzz.

Propaganda 2-Step. FIRST, USA DOJ does letter - again, what they'd never do to someone else - to say Elon may, may, be something something something - they'd have to think about it.

https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-legal-notice-million-voter-giveaway-vance-1974103

Nothing filed. Letter makes no actual point of law. But media headline is, "Elon Put On Notice" fake news.

He can't pay someone to vote or to register to vote. That is prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 597 and 52 U.S.C. § 10307," Rahmani said. [But] "Signing a petition is free speech that is protected by the First Amendment...

Also note: Dems buy votes in every election...USA DOJ doesn't care.

Step 2, Media reports, "Elon defies DOJ"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-swing-state-voters-doj-1974782

Again: DOJ didn't tell Elon to do (or not do) anything. Nothing there to defy.

https://tennesseestar.com/kamalafare/warden-admits-biden-harris-doj-has-illegally-imprisoned-steve-bannon-since-october-19/tpappert/2024/10/21/

The Tennessee Star on Monday obtained a letter sent by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to attorneys representing Steve Bannon, wherein the federal agency acknowledged it is holding the former White House chief strategist in violation of the First Step Act (FSA) of 2018, as Bannon accrued 10 days of good time credit toward an early release:

But Shapiro has other scandals. Good mention, of his help-your-friend-murder problem. He also has

• East Palestine, OH - problem

• foreign election interference

Shapiro would have been a nightmare for Dems due to his interference in the murder case to protect his friend. Except for this, he would have been the best choice.