A federal judge on Thursday rejected billionaire Elon Musk’s attempt to move a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over his failure to disclose his stake in Twitter — the social platform now known as X — out of Washington, D.C.

U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan denied Musk’s request to move the case to Texas or New York, finding that the tech mogul had failed to show that such a change of venue was warranted.

“The Court takes Mr. Musk’s convenience seriously, but it also notes that Mr. Musk has considerable means and spends at least forty percent of his time outside his chosen forum,” Sooknanan noted.

“Indeed, although Mr. Musk may have ‘rarely’ traveled to this District in recent months, Mr. Musk’s brief itself indicates that he has spent substantial time here this yea

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