Never a dull moment.
after agreeing to buy Twitter for a cool $44 billion.
During the end of oral arguments in Twitter's breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, lawyers on both sides revealed jarring evidence, including that Musk had been in contact with a high-ranking whistleblower. And, on the flip side, that he was worried about a global war breaking out.
"Let's slow down just a few days. Putin's speech tomorrow is really important," the SpaceX and Tesla CEO wrote to Michael Grimes, Morgan Stanley's head of global technology investment banking, per comments read aloud by Twitter lawyer Bill Savitt. "It won't make sense to buy Twitter if we're heading into World War III.
Musk's attorneys argued, in turn, that their client changed his mind about the deal after speaking to former Twitter head of security , who claimed there were substantial privacy issues at the social media company and that Musk had been misled by its leadership about them.Whether Zatko's claims can be used in Musk's countersuit is now in the hands of a judge — and you'd best believe it's only going to get juicier from here.
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