Billionaire Elon Musk was ordered to attend a hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday charged by District Attorney Larry Krasner about his $1 million giveaway to voters.
According to a court document, the hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in the City Hall courtroom in Center City.
Last week, Krasner sued Musk, claiming Musk and his super PAC are trying to influence voters in next week’s presidential election between former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris.
“The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is charged with protecting the public from public nuisance and unfair business practices, including illegal lotteries. The district attorney is also charged with protecting the public from interference with the integrity of elections,” Krasner said in a statement announcing the complaint last year. week.
Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has done just that its full support behind Trump in his run for a second term in the White House. Nearly two weeks ago, he pledged to distribute $1 million a day until Election Day on Nov. 5 to voters who signed his PAC’s petition in support of the First Amendment and Second Amendment to the Constitution.
Some experts have questioned its legality of Musk’s actions to give voters $1 million.
“The actions we’re seeing… it’s quite clearly in violation of federal law. Actually, I don’t think it’s very close,” Adav Noti, executive director of the Campaign Legal Center, told CBS News last week.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro also questioned Musk’s giveaway.
“I think there are real questions about how he’s spending money in this race, how the dark money is flowing not only into Pennsylvania, but apparently now into the pockets of Pennsylvanians. That’s very concerning,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” last week.
Musk has been very active in supporting Trump in Pennsylvaniaone of the main election battlegrounds. He was in the Philadelphia area for a town hall on Oct. 17, urging Pennsylvanians to register to vote.
At the town hall Ridley High School in Delaware CountyMusk called Pennsylvania the “pivot” for the 2024 elections.
“I’m here for a very important reason, which is – I can’t stress this enough – Pennsylvania is, I think, the linchpin in this election,” Musk said at the time. “These elections, I believe, will determine the fate of America, and along with the fate of America, the fate of Western civilization.”
