Trial on Musk’s Alleged Twitter Ruse Begins: California Brief

March 2, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC

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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., waves while departing court during the SolarCity trial in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

A trial against Elon Musk will begin Monday in a San Francisco federal court over whether the world’s richest person manipulated Twitter’s stock price in 2022 to get himself a better deal on the social media platform.

Investors allege the tech mogul for months attacked the company in a ruse to drive down its market value and get himself a better price at their expense, Jef Feeley reports. Musk is expected to be the star witness.

California-based Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy and Bottini & Bottini will represent investors. Musk’s lead lawyer is Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart ...

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