Banks said she overheard Musk making phone calls to drum up the funding he promised was already in place.

Trump attorney John Lauro told the judge during a hearing last month that the Supreme Court’s opinion required the outright dismissal of the case — a position the judge made clear she did not accept.

He says he can reduce housing costs by preventing some undocumented immigrants from getting mortgages and deporting others, and by launching a home building programme on federal land.

A president’s power to lower prices directly is very limited. Trump has pledged to expand US energy production, opening areas such as the Arctic wilderness to oil drilling, which he argues would lower energy costs, though analysts are sceptical.

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He ploughed his fortune into a new rocket company, SpaceX - which he aimed to make a cost-effective alternative to Nasa - and a new electric car company, Tesla, where he chaired the board until becoming chief executive in 2008.

“We knock on doors. We talk to our neighbors civilly. We don’t like going to rallies.” He lowered his voice just a little and said, “On the Trump side, you see people that are, frankly, weird.” He waved his hand in the direction of a pale man traipsing by in nothing but a star-spangled Speedo.

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“They’re the party of hate,” said one Trump supporter, Stephanie Inselberg, 49, who was taking in this scene while eating elon musk a chicken wrap from Arby’s. “They hate anyone who does not agree with them,” she added. She seemed to genuinely feel that way.

And it sent the case back to Chutkan to determine which of the remaining allegations in the indictment involve official actions for which Trump may be immune from prosecution and which allegations, if any, can move forward to trial.

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On August 7, 2018, Musk dropped a bombshell via a tweet: "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured." The announcement opened the door for legal action against the company and its founder, as the SEC began inquiring about whether Musk had indeed secured the funding as claimed.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik reports from the battleground state, where officials say record numbers turned out to cast their ballots.