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Evening Standard
Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Elon Musk summoned to court over $1m giveaways to registered voters

Former president Donald Trump, right, talks with Elon Musk at the White House - (AP)

A judge has ordered Elon Musk to attend court in a lawsuit seeking to stop a committee controlled by the billionaire from awarding $1m to voters in battleground states ahead of the US election.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It called the giveaway by Musk's America Political Action Committee (PAC) - which backs Republican former President Donald Trump - an "illegal lottery" that enticed Pennsylvania residents to share personal data.

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