Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk is under federal investigation
Tesla and Spacex CEO Elon Musk is under federal investigation for his conduct in reference to the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, in line with a court filing by the social media large. Twitter claims that “Through counsel, he has changed substantive correspondence with those authorities regarding their investigations.”
Federal Authorities are investigating Elon Musk, Says Twitter
Twitter disclosed in an exceedingly court filing free Thursday that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is under federal investigation in reference to his $44 billion bid to shop for the social media platform.
In a letter dated Oct 6, addressed to evaluate Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick who oversees the company’s case against Musk, Twitter’s lawyers noted that they have been requesting the documents associated with the investigation from Musk since July 22 The lawyers wrote:
Elon Musk is presently under investigation by federal authorities for his conduct in reference to the acquisition of Twitter. Through counsel, he has changed substantive correspondence with those authorities regarding their investigations.
While emphasizing that those documents “bear upon key problems during this legal proceeding,” the lawyers stressed: “Twitter requested the assembly of these documents months ago. But with trial simply 11 days away, [the] defendants have still not created them.”
In their letter, Twitter’s lawyers conjointly noted a letter the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegedly sent Musk in June. In line with Twitter, the SEC was seeking info associated with a tweet Musk announced in could, indicating that the “deal cannot move forward” till the social media company provides him with a lot of info concerning spam and fraud accounts on the platform.
The SEC conjointly probed Twitter over the company’s technique of distinctive spam accounts. In an exceedingly letter dated July 27, the SEC told Twitter: “We have completed our review of your filings. We tend to cue you that the corporate and its management are chargeable for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, nonetheless any review, comments, action or absence of action by the workers.”
Musk originally united to shop for Twitter in April month for approximately $44 billion. However, he later on tried to back out of the deal, accusing Twitter of a fabric breach of the agreement. He formally terminated his offer to shop for Twitter in July, claiming that the social media company had not been clear concerning the amount of bots and faux accounts on its platform. Musk made public multiple reasons to finish the deal.
Twitter later on sued the Tesla CEO to force him to shut the deal. Musk countersued Twitter. The 2 sides were scheduled to travel to trial in Delaware Chancery Court on Oct 17.
However, last week Musk mentioned he would purchase Twitter at the agreed-upon value of $54.20 a share. The court gave him till Oct 28 to shut the acquisition to avoid an effort. Musk mentioned that the acquisition of Twitter can accelerate the creation of “X, the everything app.”