Man, I really do not think this trial is going to end well for Musk

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@dave I don't think this trial is going to end well for constitutional rights

Why do you think this trial has any bearing on constitutional rights? It's about whether Musk is allowed to walk away from the Twitter deal or not.

@dave Tesla bigwigs seems fair game but subpoenas for private communication between friends seems like overkill

Not with $44 billion on the line it isn't. This is an insane amount of money, Musk's embarrassment at having his personal communications gone through is of limited consequence given what's at stake.

@dave not a lawyer, just don't see why anyone has a right to see that/judge can demand it unless it's a criminal proceeding

That's just how lawsuits work. If there's relevant evidence out there, the courts are usually allowed to demand it. A few precedential cases:

@dave @skells wait isnt that on trial on delawere biden state?

Yep, and it's apparently a district known for resolving cases fast, and if I remember correctly this judge has forced a corporation to complete a merger in a prior lawsuit.

That plus the strong specific performance clause in the offer contract makes me think there's a high likelihood that Musk will be ordered to buy at his original offer price.

Would this be awesome if it became a referendum on shit-ass fake math and sampling methods?

Whether 5% is the true number of bots or not is mostly irrelevant to this case. It would only matter if Musk could prove that they *knew* the numbers were way off.

If they have data scientists on staff, they know.

@polarisera @11112011 @dave worth the scrap from his perspective

And I promise to prove to you just how fucking ass-licking the cowardly public is. But thanks to time-delinted searches, we can prove that at one time, all the "smart" people knew their were bots on twitter (Muh Russia!!!!), and now that evil Elon has accused them of it, all the stories will be magically about how there are not bots. And all the "smart" people will say there are no bots on twitter. Magical moronism.