Judge Smacks Down Elon Musk’s Attempt to Transfer SEC Case to Friendlier State

Sarah Rumpf Oct 2nd, 2025, 6:30 pm

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A federal judge emphatically rejected Elon Musk’s attempt to move a case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against him from the District of Columbia to Texas or New York, scoffing at arguments from the billionaire that travel to D.C. would impose “substantial burdens” on him.

The case arose from Musk’s purchase of Twitter, Inc. common stock in 2022, which, according to the SEC, required Musk to file a disclosure report with the agency detailing his Twitter holdings. The SEC sued Musk in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Jan. 14 of this year for filing the required report late. The remedies sought in the SEC’s comp

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