Elon Musk seeks to move trial out of San Francisco, claiming bias against him

Musk says negative local media coverage of shareholder lawsuit over 2018 Tesla tweet has prejudiced jurors

Elon Musk has urged a federal judge to shift a trial in a shareholder lawsuit out of San Francisco because he says negative local media coverage has biased potential jurors against him.

Instead, in a filing submitted late on Friday - less than two weeks before the trial was set to begin on 17 January - Musk's lawyers argue it should be moved to the federal court in the western district of Texas. That district includes the state capital of Austin, which is where Musk relocated his electric car company, Tesla, in late 2021.