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Elon Musk Spends $276M on 2026 Midterms

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 6:35 PM UTC · How we work

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Musk Funds Midterms

U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk spent $276 million on the 2026 midterms to keep President Donald Trump and Republicans in power.
Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney said Musk’s spending aims to avoid criminal or civil reckoning for his companies.
Gibney claimed investigations into Tesla’s full-self-driving fraud ended after President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection, which Musk supported.
Gibney asserted Starlink satellites collect data for Musk’s AI systems and serve surveillance purposes.

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Musk Funds Midterms

U.S. entrepreneur Elon Musk spent $276 million on the 2026 midterms to keep President Donald Trump and Republicans in power.
Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney said Musk’s spending aims to avoid criminal or civil reckoning for his companies.
Gibney claimed investigations into Tesla’s full-self-driving fraud ended after President Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection, which Musk supported.
Gibney asserted Starlink satellites collect data for Musk’s AI systems and serve surveillance purposes.

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