Musk's lawyers call tweet in SEC's contempt bid 'not material'

By Jonathan Stempel on Mar 25, 2019 7:05AM

Argue he should not be held in contempt.

Elon Musk’s lawyers said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission failed to satisfy its heavy burden of showing that the Tesla chief executive should be held in contempt, and the tweet prompting its contempt motion was both proper and “not material.” In a Friday filing in ...

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