As Musk Bids For Twitter, His Fight to Tweet Freely Hits Snag
- Ruling that 2018 tweet was false hurts CEO on multiple fronts
- Billionaire swore to judge he would never lie to shareholders
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Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk earned the nickname “Teflon Elon” by successfully fighting off multiple legal challenges. But a recent court ruling suggests his run of personal victories may be endangered.
Last week, it was revealed that a San Francisco judge had determined that one of Musk’s 2018 tweets about taking his company private was a lie.