A Pennsylvania judge ruled Monday that Elon Musk’s daily $1 million giveaway to voters can continue, in a victory for the tech billionaire and Donald Trump ally.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Angelo Foglietta rejected arguments from the city’s district attorney, Larry Krasner, who argued that the sweepstakes was an illegal lottery violating state law and must be halted immediately.

The ruling came shortly after an all-day hearing in a packed courtroom in downtown Philadelphia. The hearing was heated at times, with Krasner’s team calling Musk’s political team “shysters” who are running a “scam” and “grift” – and Musk’s team accusing the district attorney of pursuing a “dreadful violation of constitutional rights.”

  • @[email protected]
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    2817 days ago

    In announcing the giveaway, Musk said: “We are going to be awarding $1 million randomly to people who have signed the petition,” referring to his petition in support of the Constitution.

    • Aatube
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      1117 days ago

      struck, thanks. It’s false advertising then.

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        817 days ago

        Which is civil rather than criminal.

        I wonder if people that participated in this lottery will start filing suit.

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      717 days ago

      Yeah so they randomly choose people, then pick from those people to announce later on and boom no longer random because loophole…

      We really are the land of shitheads jumping through loopholes…