But in a hearing on Monday, Musk’s lawyer Chris Gober tried to defend the giveaway’s legality, revealing that recipients are not chosen at random.

Musk — a devoted Donald Trump supporter — vowed at a MAGA rally that his group would be “awarding a million dollars randomly to people who have signed the petition every day from now until

The complaint, filed in a federal court in Austin, alleges that Musk falsely claimed the PAC would choose sweepstakes winners randomly when the selections were, in fact, predetermined. The complaint cites comments made yesterday by Chris Gober,