Hearing set for Monday after judge returns challenge to Elon Musk’s giveaways to state court

A judge on Friday rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to move to federal court a lawsuit challenging his $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters in swing states, enabling a hearing to proceed before Election Day.  Musk’s attorneys have accused Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) of attempting to rush a court-ordered stop to the giveaways. By trying to move courts, Musk halted a Thursday state court hearing at which his attendance was required.  “The District Attorney wants this litigation to be a rushed stage play, and the attendant spectacle and attention that go with it. But this lawsuit belongs in federal court, where it can be decided soberly and in a deliberate fashion,” Musk’s attorneys wrote in court filings.  U.S. District Judge Gerald Pappert’s ruling remands the lawsuit back to state court, siding with the district attorney. A hearing was quickly rescheduled for Monday morning.

via TheHill: Hearing set for Monday after judge returns challenge to Elon Musk’s giveaways to state court