Why Federal Authorities Are Investigating Elon Musk? 

Elon Musk Under Federal Investigation? What For?

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"This game of 'hide the ball' must end," the social media firm said in the court filing.

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Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro told Reuters that it is Twitter's executives that are under federal investigation.

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Elon Musk had agreed to go ahead with the Twitter deal on the condition Twitter drops the lawsuit.

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The world’s richest person said buying Twitter would accelerate the launch of X- an everything app.

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