A Philadelphia judge ordered X CEO Elon Musk to appear Thursday morning at a hearing on his super PAC’s plan to award $1 million a day to voters in key battleground states. But Musk was not named to the court after the same judge granted a request to transfer the case from the state of 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 signers of a pro-right-to-bear-arms and free-speech petition into a lottery for the aforementioned $1 million prize.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued the super PAC over its plan, accusing America PAC of “interfering with the integrity of elections.” America PAC has also been warned by the Justice Department that it may be violating federal voter payment laws.
After the transfer request was granted, Krasner requested that the case be returned to state court. A federal judge ordered Musk’s legal team to file a response by Friday morning.