A Philadelphia judge has ordered X CEO Elon Musk to appear at a hearing Thursday morning over his super PAC’s plan to pay out $1 million a day to voters in a key battleground state. But Musk skipped the court appointment after the same judge granted his request to transfer the case from Pennsylvania to federal jurisdiction.
Musk has donated tens of millions of dollars to America PAC, a super PAC formed this summer to support former President Donald Trump. America PAC recently began entering petition signers supporting the right to bear arms and free speech into a lottery for the aforementioned $1 million prize.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a lawsuit challenging the Super PAC’s plans, accusing America PAC of “interfering with the integrity of elections.” America PAC also received a warning from the Justice Department that it may be violating federal law on voter payments.
After the transfer request was approved, Krasner requested that the case be sent back to state court. A federal judge ordered Musk’s legal team to file a response by Friday morning.
