Elon Musk wants Twitter trial to wait until February 2023
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Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk's legal team has responded to Twitter's lawsuit against him, saying that the company is demanding an unreasonably fast trial. In response, Musk's team asks that the case not be heard until next year, according to Bloomberg.
Twitter has pushed for the trial to take place in mid-September, justifying the request to expedite things given that Musk and Twitter's merger agreement has an October 24th presumptive drop-dead date." However, Musk's team is asking that the trial not be held until February 13th, 2023 trial at the earliest, Bloomberg reports.
Twitter declined to comment on the matter, and pointed to its initial complaint filed Tuesday.
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