A Philadelphia judge ordered X CEO Elon Musk to appear in a hearing Thursday morning over his super PAC’s plan to award $1 million a day to voters in key battleground states. But Musk skipped his courthouse appointment after the same judge granted a request to transfer the case from Pennsylvania state 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 petition to support the right to bear arms and free speech into a lottery for the aforementioned $1 million award.
Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner sued the super PAC over its plan, accusing America PAC of “interfer[ing] with the integrity of elections.” America PAC has also been warned by the Justice Department that it might be violating federal laws about paying voters.
After the transfer request was granted, Krasner asked that the case be sent back to state court. A federal judge has ordered Musk’s legal team to file a response by Friday morning.