A look at the legal ins and outs of a Trump-ally scheme that some legal experts call illegal — but which at the very least exploits a loophole.

Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whether the billionaire supporter of Donald Trump could be running afoul of prohibitions on paying people to register to vote.

Mr. Musk, a megadonor, had flummoxed some Trump advisers by previously declining to write a “super max” check directly to the former president’s campaign.

For four days billionaire Elon Musk toured Pennsylvania, putting his money and fame into helping Republican Donald Trump's campaign to take back the White House in November. Musk drew praise from conservatives at his rallies while fielding questions about artificial intelligence,

We are aware of nothing like this in modern political history,” the group wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

The potential issue stems from the fact that giveaway participants must be registered voters: It's illegal to pay people to register to vote.