Judge allows Elon Musk's $1 million giveaways to continue

A Philadelphia judge is allowing Elon Musk’s America PAC to proceed its million-dollar giveaway to registered plaything authorities voters.

Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta denied Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s petition for an injunction to extremity nan giveaway, which has handed retired $17 cardinal to voters crossed nan plaything states. According to defense attorneys, America PAC plans to denote their 18th and last prize victor connected Tuesday successful Michigan.

The determination followed a astir six-hour proceeding Monday, during which an lawyer for Musk and America PAC revealed that nan winners were preselected contempt Musk saying publically it was a "random" lottery.

A lawyer for Krasner called Musk's giveaway "one of nan awesome scams of nan past 50 years" by deceiving much than a cardinal plaything authorities voters to motion a petition successful nan hopes of winning a cardinal dollars.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks astatine a rally for erstwhile US President and Republican statesmanlike campaigner Donald Trump astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City, Oct. 27, 2024.

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