Just gonna leave this here vol#0003

The half-time victory dancers still think Musk has already bought Twitter. The SEC and FTC disagree.

The U.S. government has reportedly opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s business dealings surrounding his recent $44 billion purchase of Twitter.

“The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing Mr. Musk’s tardy submission of a public form that investors must file when they buy more than 5% of a company’s shares,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “The disclosure functions as an early sign to shareholders and companies that a significant investor could seek to control or influence a company.”

The report said that Musk’s April 4 disclosure filing was at least 10 days late, a move that is believed to have saved him more than $140 million because share prices could have been higher if the public knew about his ownership of 5% of the company.

“The case is easy. It’s straightforward,” Daniel Taylor, a University of Pennsylvania accounting professor, said. “But whether they’re going to pick that battle with Elon is another question.”

The report noted that a lawsuit against Musk from the SEC would likely not stop him from taking over Twitter since the company’s board of director’s unanimously approved to be acquired by Musk and the SEC may lack the power to do so. Musk’s purchase of Twitter is also reportedly being reviewed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Previously “Al Jahom’s Final Word”:

None of these considerable obstacles has been cleared. But the idiots holding the betting slips are buying everyone a brand new Cadillac with half the race still to run.

The leftard meltdowns have been hilarious, but the premature gloating and tweets that begin “Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter” are still coming thick and fast from people who ought to know better and it’s a bit fucking embarrassing.

AJ

13 May Update: