Elon Musk doesn't show at Philadelphia hearing over super PAC's $1 million lottery for voters
Source: CBS News
Updated on: October 31, 2024 / 3:37 PM EDT
Despite a judge's order that "all parties must be present," Tesla founder, X owner and billionaire Elon Musk did not appear in a Philadelphia courtroom Thursday after District Attorney Larry Krasner sued him over his super PAC's plan to award $1 million a day to voters in key battleground states in the 2024 election.
Krasner and members of his office joined attorneys for Musk in Judge Angelo Foglietta's civil courtroom at City Hall for a hearing Thursday at 10 a.m. ET. Musk's attorneys filed documents Wednesday night in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, a federal court, requesting the matter be moved to their jurisdiction – and out of the local Court of Common Pleas. A judge granted that transfer.
Sources tell CBS News Philadelphia that a federal judge is not expected to take on the case Thursday afternoon. Attorneys for Krasner said they would contest that recommendation.
"We will proceed to federal court and we will address the issues there, and seek to have the matter remanded back to the state court. After all, this is a case that involves state law issues and I'll leave it at that," said attorney John Summers.
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