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    Elon Musk’s Million-Dollar Election ‘Lottery’ Continues as DA Trial Stalls

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    WASHINGTON – The Philadelphia District Attorney failed Thursday in his attempt to block tech billionaire Elon Musk to continue his controversy $1 million in daily gifts Target pro-Trump people registered voters in swing states before next Tuesday’s elections.

    The legal showdown had the potential to set off fireworks as a judge ordered Musk to appear personally in a Philadelphia courtroom. Musk did not attend, and a lawyer for his American political action committee filed a perfunctory “notice of dismissal” Wednesday evening to move the case to federal court.

    The successful attempt to short-circuit a hearing in a Pennsylvania court virtually guarantees that the case will not be heard. before November 5according to an official with the Philadelphia Bureau of Court Records, citing house rules.

    The court official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told USA TODAY that because the notice of dismissal from Musk’s lawyer, Matthew Haverstick, met all legal requirements, the judge State in charge of the case had not had the opportunity to examine the allegations of illegality presented by Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner before the matter went to Federal Court.

    In a short post published Thursday on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk said: “American justice FTW”, or for victory.

    Musk ‘cowardly and irresponsible’ for skipping hearing (DA)

    A lawyer from the prosecutor’s office said it was “cowardly and irresponsible” for Musk, the world’s richest man, to avoid legal questions over his payments by taking the matter to federal court, CNN reported.

    In response, a lawyer for Musk called Krasner’s complaint a publicity stunt by a liberal and progressive Democrat, CNN said.

    The payments Musk made are just one of many ways the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO is publicly supporting former president Donald Trumpthe Republican candidate.

    Musk and the PAC also promise to pay $100 to registered voters who sign the petition, but the DA’s office believes they have not made those payments, according to the lawsuit.

    Are the million dollar payments to Musk legal?

    Krasner filed his legal complaint Monday, claiming that “the America PAC and Musk are lulling the citizens of Philadelphia – and other members of the Commonwealth (and other swing states in the upcoming elections) – into giving up their personal identifying information and make a political commitment in exchange for a chance to win.” $1 million.”

    “The US PAC and Musk Lottery is clearly not a legal lottery,” the lawsuit states.

    Krasner was asking the Philadelphia County Court for an order barring Musk and his PAC from pursuing “any unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with their lottery.”

    Musk’s lawyers argued in their new filing that Krasner’s complaint raised important questions of federal law and had “little to do with the nuisance and consumer protection claims made by state law.”

    The Philadelphia DA’s real goal, they claim, is to prevent Musk and his Super PAC “from interfering in any way with the upcoming federal presidential election,” Musk’s lawyers wrote.

    Musk continues to give away gifts despite legal warnings

    Musk continued to distribute gifts despite Krasner’s lawsuit and a warning letter last month from the Justice Department, sometimes handing out oversized checks to registered voters at pro-Trump events.

    And just hours before that, America PAC made at least its 12th $1 million payment to a woman from North Carolina “for signing our petition in favor of the Constitution.”

    “Every day until Election Day, one person who signs will be selected to win $1 million as a spokesperson for America PAC,” the X post reads, showing the woman holding the check with her husband and her baby.

    Critics wonder if winners are random

    Legal experts have suggested that the payments, announced by Musk at an Oct. 19 Trump rally in Pennsylvania, constitute an illegal effort to pay people to register and vote for the former president.

    Musk has denied this, saying that any registered voter who provides their personal information and agrees to uphold the First and Second Amendments by signing the petition can be randomly selected to win.

    Signatories pledge to support the First Amendment, which guarantees free speech, and the Second Amendment, which covers gun rights. This is a conservative concern, which critics say reveals the petition’s true intent: that collecting Republican-leaning voters’ contact information for Election Day shut down get-out-the-vote efforts.

    Krasner’s complaint also accuses Musk of falsely claiming that the winner was selected at random, stating that “several selected winners are individuals who showed up at Trump rallies in Pennsylvania.”

    And the complaint says Musk’s payout campaign violates a Pennsylvania law requiring all lotteries to be regulated by the government. It also claims that Musk and his America PAC are violating Pennsylvania’s consumer protection laws because they “failed to publish a comprehensive set of lottery rules or show how they protect the privacy of participants’ personal information.”

    In his warning letterThe Justice Department said the gift could violate federal election law, which prohibits paying people to register to vote. Some legal experts also say the contest could violate this law because participants must be registered to vote.

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