Judge Angelo Foglietta ruled that the pro-Trump America PAC was not an illegal lottery, as the Philadelphia district attorney claimed.

District Attorney Larry Krasner had called the sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked that it be shut down.

PHILADELPHIA—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has lost his bid to shut down Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway. Judge Angelo Foglietta denied the request in a brief writ

A Pennsylvania judge on Monday rejected Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s attempt to block tech multibillionaire Elon Musk's $1 million daily giveaways to voters in swing states on the eve of the presidential election.

Elon Musk's pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, a lawyer for the billionaire said on Monday.

Elon Musk‘s lawyer revealed in a Pennsylvania court Monday that the winners of his $1 million-a-day giveaway are not picked by chance. Musk‘s lawyer, Chris Gober, made the shocking admission during a hearing in the lawsuit that Philadelphia’s district attorney filed to stop the sweepstakes,

A judge in the swing state of Pennsylvania ruled Monday that Elon Musk's $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters in battleground states can continue, with one last prize to be handed out on Election Day.

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