PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge in Philadelphia held a brief hearing Thursday in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states.
PHILADELPHIA — A judge in Philadelphia held a brief hearing Thursday in the city prosecutor’s bid to shut down Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day sweepstakes in battleground states. The giveaways come from Musk’s political organization, which aims to boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Lawyers for Krasner said Musk and the America PAC “brazenly” continued the lottery every day this week, including this morning, despite Krasner’s effort to shut it down. The Democrat filed suit Monday to stop the America PAC sweepstakes, which is set to run through Election Day, open to registered voters in battleground states who sign a petition supporting the Constitution.
Attorney Matthew Haverstick, representing both the billionaire and the political action committee, said the PAC, not Musk, is the only proper defendant. He said Krasner named the tech mogul as a publicity stunt to draw attention to the case. He also said that Musk could not “materialize” in Philadelphia in the 12 hours since the hearing was scheduled Wednesday.
Krasner has said he could still consider criminal charges, since he's tasked with protecting the public from both illegal lotteries and “interference with the integrity of elections.”
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