Elon Musk pushes to delay the Twitter trial while citing whistleblower’s testimony

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After Elon Musk tried to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and the company sued to hold him to it, his lawyers unsuccessfully tried to hold off the trial until next year, and now they're pushing for another delay. The Musk team's proposing a new timeline that would push the week-long trial's start from the currently scheduled October 17th date until some time in mid- to late-November.

This time, they cite the testimony of former Twitter security head Peiter Mudge" Zatko, who has filed a whistleblower claim against the company accusing it of security flaws, making false and misleading statements" to users and the FTC, and hiring agents of foreign governments. His lawyers also submitted an amended filing adding more...

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