Elon Musk has directed his team at DOGE to investigate Congress members who have amassed vast fortunes. The world’s richest man made the revelation at his town hall in Wisconsin on Sunday evening, where he also handed out two $1 million cash prizes and mocked a protester who tried to interrupt his speech.

In a brutal six-word sledge to the protester, whose voice was nearly drowned out by the roaring crowd, Musk said: ‘Say hi to George for me!’ He was referring to liberal mega-donor George Soros. Musk said: ‘It was inevitable that at least a few Soros operatives would be in the audience.’

Musk, whose own $343 billion fortune is tied to Tesla and SpaceX, has long been vocal in his suspicions about ultra-wealthy career politicians. ‘A lot of strangely wealthy members of Congress, where I just can’t, I’m trying to connect the dots of how they became rich,’ he told the crowd of about 2,000 people. ‘How’d they get $20 million if they’re earning $200,000 a year? Nobody can explain that. We’re gonna try to figure it out, and certainly stop it from happening.’

Members of Congress are entitled to buy and sell stocks and cryptocurrency, as long as they disclose all transactions. Still, Musk has specifically taken aim at Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren (pictured left), whose cumulative net worth is said to total an estimated $439 million in a post shared to Musk’s X account. According to public disclosures as recent as 2023 , Schumer is realistically worth closer to $2.3 million, while Warren’s tax returns suggest she is worth $9 million.

DOGE has taken an axe to federal departments since Trump returned to the White House, sparking countless protests and legal challenges. But Musk recently set his sights on the upcoming Wisconsin state Supreme Court vote, backing Judge Brad Schimel in an effort to flip the panel from 4-3 Democrat to 4-3 Republican. ‘I feel like this is one of those things that may not seem that it’s going to affect the entire destiny of humanity, but I think it will,’ Musk said. ‘We’ve got to pull a rabbit out of the hat. We actually have to have a steady stream of rabbits out of the hat, like it’s an arc of rabbits flying through the air, and then landing in a voting booth.’

He, through his America PAC, has poured upwards of $20 million into this race, conscious that the state high court may take up redistricting congressional districts, which could ultimately affect which party controls the US House. ‘They will try to stop all the government reforms we are getting done for you, the American people,’ Musk warned. And Musk reverted to a tried-and-tested method he used during the presidential race, offering cash prizes to citizens who registered to vote.

In this case, doing so fell afoul of Wisconsin law, which states that people cannot offer ‘anything of value’ in exchange for encouraging a person to vote. Doing so is a felony offence. Musk quickly removed the initial post and revised his offer, instead offering two people $1 million each to be spokesmen for his petition. On Sunday night, the lucky winners were announced and walked up on stage to collect their checks. ‘I should say that the reason for the checks is that it’s really just to get attention,’ Musk said. ‘And somewhat inevitably, when I do these things, it causes the legacy media to kind of lose their minds.’

Moments before the town hall was due to begin, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously decided not to hear and 11th hour bid to block the payments. Two lower courts had already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul. Musk’s attorneys argued in filings with the court that the billionaire was exercising his free speech rights with the giveaways and any attempt to restrict that would violate both the Wisconsin and U.S. constitutions.

The payments are ‘intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate,’ Musk’s attorneys argued in court filings. The room was packed full of about 2,000 people – all of whom had to sign a petition which declared they were opposed to ‘activist judges’ in order to receive an invitation. Signing the petition also entitled them to a $100 check. State Supreme Court judges in Wisconsin are elected on a 10-year term.

During the presidential election campaign, Musk used a nearly identical tactic, offering to pay $1 million a day to voters in Wisconsin and six other battleground states who signed a petition supporting the First and Second amendments. A judge in Pennsylvania said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day.

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