Election 2024

Lawsuit Against Musk's $1M-a-Day Giveaway to Voters Moves to Federal Court

Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court

Associated Press

Nov 1, 2024 — 4 min read

Photo of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, third from right, arrives for a hearing at a City Hall courtroom, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Philadelphia, by Matt Rourke/AP

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1, 2024 (AP) — A Pennsylvania prosecutor's effort to shut down Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moved to federal court on Thursday after a state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world's richest man.

Judge Angelo Foglietta agreed that Musk, as a named defendant in the lawsuit filed by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner, should have attended the hearing in person, but he declined to immediately sanction the tech mogul.

Musk’s lawyer, Matthew Haverstick, said he's a busy man who could not simply “materialize” in the courtroom hours after the hearing was scheduled. Krasner's team challenged the notion that the founder of SpaceX could not make it Philadelphia, prompting a quick retort from the judge.

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