On October 17, 2024, Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk made a speech at the America PAC town hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, the United States. Gesture, he supports the Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump.
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a federal judge in pennsylvania Lawsuit against billionaire remanded to state court on Friday Musk and his political action committee tried to stop them. 1 million US dollars Daily giveaways to swing state voters.
this Order The case was returned to state court in Philadelphia a day after the lawsuit was filed in that city’s court. District Attorney Larry Krasner deleted to federal court on request Tesla CEO Musk and his US political action committee.
Krasner’s lawsuit accuses 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.”
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