Elon Musk must attend voter lottery hearing in Philadelphia

Elon Musk is due to attend an emergency hearing in a Philadelphia court on Thursday morning to testify about the city's top prosecutor's attempt to stop the terror attack Tesla A judge on Wednesday ordered the CEO and his political action committee to continue giving out $1 million in prizes to registered voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

Also on Wednesday, attorneys for Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced in a court filing that his lawsuit against Musk, who is an ally of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and the America PAC “was an avalanche of (social media) posts from Musk triggered”. followers, many of whom “perpetrated anti-Semitic attacks on Krasner.”

After Krasner filed his lawsuit on Monday, Musk said in a post on his social media page,” prosecutors wrote.

Krasner's lawyers asked Judge Angelo Foglietta to order increased security for the hearing, originally scheduled for Friday morning, noting that an X account had posted the prosecutor's home address and written: “Krasner loves visitors. Wear a mask and leave all cell phones at home.”

The attorneys also asked Foglietta for an order requiring “the presence of all parties, i.e., Attorney General Krasner, a representative of America PAC, and Mr. Musk.”

Hours after that filing, Foglietta rescheduled the hearing, which was scheduled to take place once a day at City Hall, to Thursday morning.

“All parties must be present at the time of the hearing,” Foglietta wrote in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas order.

Krasner's lawsuit accuses Musk and America PAC of operating an illegal lottery and attempting to influence voters in the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump.

Musk and lawyers for him and his PAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.

In his lawsuit, Krasner's lawyers wrote that the lottery was “deceptive” to consumers because America PAC did not publish clear lottery rules or explain how the lottery would protect participants' personal information.

The lawsuit also argues that “while Musk says the selection of a winner was 'random,' that appears false because several of the winners selected were people who showed up at Trump rallies in Pennsylvania.”

The posts on X that included information about Krasner's address were removed from the platform Wednesday afternoon.

Lora Kolodny When asked about removing the posts without suspending the user account, X referred CNBC to its policies on sharing personal information on the platform.