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Jury says Musk misled Twitter investors before 2022 buyout, Bloomberg News reports

By Thomson Reuters Mar 20, 2026 | 5:04 PM

March 20 (Reuters) – A jury has concluded Elon Musk ​defrauded Twitter investors ‌when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort ‌to ​buy ⁠the social media ⁠platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, ​Bloomberg News reported on Friday.

Jurors ⁠in ⁠federal court in ​San Francisco found on ​Friday that Musk intentionally ‌misled Twitter shareholders when he tweeted the social ⁠media network, which was later renamed X, had ⁠too ‌many fake accounts ⁠and tried ​to ‌back out of ​the deal, ⁠the report added.

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Mexico City; Editing by Chris ​Reese)