Tech billionaire Elon Musk has failed to convince a federal judge to relocate a lawsuit over his stake in Twitter from Washington to Texas to suit his busy schedule.

The former DOGE director was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January, claiming an 11-day delay in revealing his initial five percent stake in Twitter in 2022 allowed him to buy shares priced at over $500 million at artificially low prices.

Musk, who lives in Austin, claimed he was “an incredibly busy individual” who regularly worked over 80 hours per week and often slept in his office or factory. He claimed that having to attend an entire court trial in D.C. “would impose substantial burdens” on him.

US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan noted that Musk was a regular visitor to the White House when he was he

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