A judge in a Philadelphia court today declined to move forward with a case filed Monday by the city’s District Attorney Larry Krasner alleging the Tesla billionaire and Donald Trump supporter’s $1 million giveaways to voters in swing states is effectively an illegal lottery.
The case pertained only to Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes are key to next week’s election. Judge Angelo Foglietta at a hearing this morning declined to move forward as the federal court decides whether to take up the case, according to press reporters.
Krasner had insisted in his suit that the issue is clearly under local jurisdiction. Musk, who had been ordered to appear today but was a no show, reports said, countered that the case should be a federal matter.
His lawyers filed a “motion of removal” in federal court late Wednesday night. Musk has been offering $1 million every day until the Nov.
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