马斯克出庭作证，被控收购推特前发布虚假信息

Core Viewpoint - Elon Musk is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly making false and misleading statements to lower Twitter's stock price before his $44 billion acquisition of the company, now known as X [3][5]. Background - Musk reached an acquisition agreement with Twitter in April 2022, but announced a "temporary pause" on May 13, 2022, citing the need to verify the number of fake accounts on the platform, which led to a significant drop in Twitter's stock price [5][6]. - Following Musk's claims that nearly 20% of Twitter accounts were fake, he continued to delay or attempt to cancel the deal, making statements that allegedly misled the market and caused further declines in Twitter's stock price [6]. - On July 8, 2022, Musk announced he would abandon the deal due to issues with fake accounts, with Twitter's stock closing at $36.81, a 32% drop from the proposed acquisition price of $54.20 per share [6]. - Twitter subsequently sued Musk to enforce the deal, leading to Musk's counterclaim. The acquisition was completed later in October 2022, after which Musk made significant layoffs and rebranded Twitter as X in July 2023 [6]. Court Testimony - During his testimony, Musk reiterated his dissatisfaction with Twitter's board, suggesting they were involved in fraud and described their claims about fake accounts as "nonsense" [8]. - Musk indicated that he completed the transaction to benefit Twitter's shareholders, despite acknowledging that his frequent social media posts may have revealed too much of his thoughts [8].