Elon Musk is looking to move his upcoming securities-fraud trial involving his conduct running Tesla (TSLA) out of San Francisco, arguing negative publicity and his recent management of Twitter (TWTR) have biased local jurors against him, Patience Haggin of The Wall Street Journal reports. In a Friday court filing, Musk’s attorney’s argued San Francisco’s jury pool has been "exposed to excessive and adverse pretrial publicity concerning Defendant Elon Musk that will deprive him of an impartial jury and his constitutional right to a fair trial," according to the Journal. Reference Link
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