Elon Musk gave £16m to group promoting Trump’s position on abortion

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Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super political action committee (PAC) formed less than a month before the US election that focused on advertising aimed at convincing voters that Donald Trump’s stance on abortion was akin to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A group titled RBG PAC, formed in mid-October, received a single contribution of 20.5 million dollars (£16 million) from an entity entitled “Elon Musk Revocable Trust” a week later, according to federal campaign finance reports filed this week.