A Pennsylvania state judge said Thursday that he will not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway before the U.S. presidential election.
At a hearing in Pennsylvania, Judge Angelo Foglietta said he will place the lawsuit on hold while a federal court considers whether to take up the case.
Musk’s bid to move the case frees him to continue the giveaway, because the matter likely won’t be resolved until after Tuesday’s election.
Musk, a billionaire entrepreneur who is spending heavily to back Republican Donald Trump, was ordered to attend the hearing but did not appear.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is seeking to halt the giveaway less than a week before the tightly contested presidential election between Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.
Krasner, who championed progressive causes when running for district attorney, accuses Musk, CEO of Tesla, and his political action committee America PAC of hatching an “illegal lottery scheme to influence voters.”