On October 17, 2024, in Folsom, Pennsylvania, the United States, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk supported Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Trump at the Municipal Political Action Committee (America PAC) made gestures during the speech in the hall.
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one pennsylvania A federal judge on Friday sent a lawsuit back to state court against billionaire Elon Musk and his political action committee, calling for an end to $1 million in daily giveaways to registered voters.
this Order The case was returned to Philadelphia state court just one day after a lawsuit filed by the city’s District Attorney Larry Krasner was moved to federal court at the request of the city’s state court. Tesla CEO Musk and his American PAC.
Krasner filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing Musk and the political action committee of running an illegal lottery by offering random cash prizes to registered voters in Pennsylvania.
Friday’s ruling sets the stage for Krasner to get a quick order in Philadelphia’s General Court to stop the American political action committee from doling out another $1 million in bonuses to registered voters in the state.
In ruling to send the case back to the Court of Common Pleas for a new trial, U.S. District Judge Gerald Papert rejected arguments from Musk’s attorneys that the lawsuit should be heard in federal court in Philadelphia because it involves an upcoming federal hearing. presidential election.
“But federal issue jurisdiction does not depend on a plaintiff’s motive in bringing a lawsuit; it depends on whether the legal issues raised by the claim arise out of federal or state law,” Papert wrote.
The judge said Musk and the PAC have not identified “any federal legal issues” that must be resolved in favor of the district attorney “to prove state law claims.”
“This ruling is consistent with the district attorney’s argument that last-minute efforts by PAC and Mr. Musk to have the case removed from state court in Philadelphia violated the law,” Krasner’s office said in a statement.
John Summers, an attorney representing Krasner’s office in the case, said “we are waiting for the state court to schedule a hearing” to consider the emergency request to halt the $1 million lottery.
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