• Elon Musk must attend an emergency court hearing in Philadelphia on Thursday to address a bid by the city’s top prosecutor to stop the Tesla CEO and his political action committee from continuing to award $1 million prizes to registered voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
  • Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner revealed his lawsuit against Musk and the America PAC “triggered an avalanche of [social media] posts from Musk’s followers,” many of whom “made antisemitic attacks on Krasner.”
  • Krasner’s lawsuit accuses Musk and the PAC of operating an illegal lottery and trying to influence voters in the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
  • chingadera
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    012 hours ago

    This dude has more money than that whole state. No fucking chance.

      • chingadera
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        111 minutes ago

        What I’m trying to say here is that his budget to remain free will far exceed the states budget to try and put him in prison.

        I would love to be wrong on this.

      • @in4aPenny@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        The United States GDP is £25 Trillion. Musk and his peers have £35 Trillion in offshore tax havens (as of 2016).