WASHINGTON, D.C: Elon Musk has urged a federal judge to shift a trial out of San Francisco because he says negative local media coverage has biased potential jurors against him. That district includes the state capital of Austin, which is where Musk relocated his electric car company, Tesla, in late 2021. If moving the trial isn't possible, Musk's lawyers want it postponed until negative publicity regarding the billionaire's purchase of Twitter has died down. Those news items have personally blamed Musk for recent layoffs at Twitter, Spiro wrote, and have charged that the job cuts may have even violated laws. Musk has also been criticized by San Francisco's mayor and other local officials for the job cuts, the filing said.
