The prosecution against billionaire Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaways must return to a Philadelphia court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald Pappert ruled on Nov. 1.
Pappert said that Musk failed to identify “any question of federal law that must be resolved” before Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner could continue suing Musk under state law.
Musk was supposed to appear before a judge in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on Oct. 31 but the case switched jurisdictions after he filed a notice of removal in federal court. John Summers, an attorney arguing for Krasner, said during a hearing in the Philadelphia court that Musk was acting cowardly and suggested he used a legal maneuver to avoid a case wherein the facts weren’t on his side….
