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In Elon Musk Tesla trial, lawyers tussle over a tweet that cost investors millions

Is Elon Musk a fraud, or is he just misunderstood? Is he a liar, or does he sometimes just use the "wrong words"? Those questions took center stage in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday as Musk's "funding secured" trial gets underway. The trial, in U.S. District Court, involves an Aug. 7, 2018, tweet in which Tesla Chief Executive Musk said he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private at ...
Opening statements begin in a lawsuit that has investors suing Tesla and Musk, its chief executive officer, over his August 2018 tweets where he said he was taking Tesla private with funding that he secured.

Is Elon Musk a fraud, or is he just misunderstood? Is he a liar, or does he sometimes just use the "wrong words"?

Those questions took center stage in a San Francisco courtroom Wednesday as Musk's "funding secured" trial gets underway. The trial,

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