A federal judge has rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to have a federal court oversee a lawsuit claiming his $1-million-a-day giveaway for swing state voters is an illegal lottery. U.S. District Court Judge Gerald Pappert, an appointee of Barack Obama, ruled that the...
Musk’s lawyer Matt Haverstick called the case a “political circus.” He argued the giveaway did not constitute a lottery because the winning recipients were not actually selected “by chance.” The Pro-Trump America PAC instead chooses registrants whom it believes could serve a...