DA said the payouts amounted to an illegal lottery.
A judge in Philadelphia has turned down a request by the city’s liberal district attorney to block a $1 million-a-day giveaway that Donald Trump supporter and tech mogul Elon Musk started last month to boost voter turnout in swing states.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Angelo Foglietta issued a one-page order Monday afternoon denying a request for an injunction sought by District Attorney Larry Krasner. He alleged that the payouts by Musk’s America PAC amounted to an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law.
Foglietta did not immediately offer a rationale for his decision, which followed a hearing earlier in the day that extended for several hours. At that court session, it appeared that the suit might be moot.
Krasner was not seeking damages or any financial penalty against Musk or the PAC. Arguments at the hearing suggested any injunction might have no effect since the giveaway was slated to end by Election Day and Musk’s attorney said the final recipients are from Arizona, not Pennsylvania.
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Judge refuses to block Elon Musk $1 million-a-day swing-state giveaway https://t.co/r1HtuHghmP
— POLITICO (@politico) November 4, 2024
We're on hour three of the Elon Musk super PAC lottery lawsuit in a court in Philadelphia.
Larry Krasner has been testifying that the entire premise of the Musk lottery was a "scam" and a "grift" and "disingenuous."
The Musk team has been arguing that this was not a "lottery"…
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) November 4, 2024
So, according to his own attorneys, he told people it was a lottery, but the winners were actually preselected? Is there a word for something like that?
— Bluff City Cityzen 〽️ (@bluffcityzen) November 4, 2024
I'm finding it hilarious that, right now, Elon Musk's lawyers are arguing in court that they scammed every Trump supporter who signed that petition.
— Karen Piper (@PiperK) November 4, 2024
“We didn’t commit an election law violation, you see, because we really didn’t mean what we said about a lottery” https://t.co/8SWPzpSLP7
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 4, 2024
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