The complaint by a Democratic-aligned PAC says Trump's interview with Musk on X 'amounted to a virtual campaign event.'
A political action committee has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Donald Trump over his recent two-hour live interview with Elon Musk.End Citizens United, a Democrat-aligned PAC, claims that the interview 'amounted to a virtual campaign event' for Trump financed by X, formerly Twitter, which would be in violation of federal law.The complaint names Trump, his campaign treasurer Bradley T. Crate and X as the respondents.
'Here—the considerable resources of X to host Trump's campaign event, including dedicating real-time staff to address technical difficulties specifically for the campaign event and the time of its owner to participate in the event—are of significant value to the Trump Campaign,' the complaint says.Trump participated in the live-streamed conversation with Musk, the billionaire owner of X, on Monday.The interview took place on Spaces on X, a tool to host live audio conversations.
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