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Mar. 25, 2019

Musk thinks SEC should chill on sanctions for tweets

If Elon Musk's company doesn't have a problem with his recent tweets, attorneys for the Tesla Inc. CEO say, then the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shouldn't either.

Musk thinks SEC should chill on sanctions for tweets
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Inc., in New York in 2016. (New York Times News Service)

If Elon Musk's company doesn't have a problem with his recent tweets, attorneys for the Tesla Inc. CEO say, then the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shouldn't either.

Musk called the SEC's move to have him held in contempt and sanctioned for a Feb. 19 tweet about Tesla's manufacturing capabilities "wrong at virtually every level" in a reply filed in the Southern District of New York Friday.

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