Musk: If there is a third world war, it is meaningless to acquire Twitter

According to the US "Business Insider" website on the 7th, a few months after the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, US billionaire Elon Musk hopes to "slow down" his $ 44 billion price to acquire social media giants Twitter Company at a price of $ 44 billion In the pace, he sent a text message saying, "If we are about to be involved in the Third World War," then acquiring Twitter is meaningless.

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These text messages were exposed at the pre -trial hearings on Tuesday. The hearing involved a trial of the Twitter transaction disputes that delayed the acquisition of Twitter in October and other related legal disputes. It is reported that the SMS was sent to a banker from Morgan Stanley on May 8th, which provided part of Musk's acquisition transactions. At that time, Musk mentioned in a text message that Russian President Putin was about to speak on May 9th.

The lawyer of Twitter reads Musk's text message at the hearing: "Let us slow down for a few days. Putin's speech tomorrow is very important. If we are about to be involved in the Third World War, then acquiring Twitter is meaningless. "Musk's lawyer said," The complete text of the text message will prove that the description of these text messages in court is completely nonsense. " The full text of the SMS will be submitted to the court next week.

It is reported that Musk signed an agreement for the acquisition of Twitter in April this year, but in July, he informed the other party to terminate the acquisition procedure because Twitter misunderstood the "robot" and garbage posting on the social platform. Account data. Twitter then sued Musk and asked him to execute the agreement to complete the acquisition at the agreed price of $ 44 billion.

It is reported that the case of Twitter Musk was scheduled to conduct a five -day rapid trial on October 17, but Musk's team demanded that it was postponed to mid -November. Before the pre -trial hearing on Tuesday, Musk's lawyer quoted the allegations of Peter Zatko, former chief information security officer of Twitter, who previously told the US Congress to deal with various security. The problem is not enough, and there are serious security vulnerabilities. Musk's team said Zartco asked more time to deal with.

The lawyer of Twitter reiterated the company's claim at the hearing that Musk violated the agreement. The only motivation he tried to withdraw from the transaction was personal financial issues. Musk's lawyer argued at the hearing that Twitter did not find any evidence to support Musk because of economic reasons.

According to the latest news, the U.S. Terlawa Court rejected Musk's request to postpone the trial time of the Twitter acquisition. (Edit: HHJ)

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