Elon Musk Now Has More Reasons To Abandon The Twitter Deal, According a Letter

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Elon Musk’s legal team sent a letter to Twitter Monday saying he now has more reasons for why he can abandon his $44 billion proposal to purchase the social platform.

The letter was published in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, and cited the recent whistleblower disclosure from former head of Twitter cybersecurity Peiter Zatko, also known by his hacker name “Mudge.”

Zatko filed a wide-ranging whistleblower complaint against Twitter in July which became public last week.

Musk first announced his intention to ditch his deal to buy Twitter on July 8, arguing the platform had more bot accounts on it than Twitter had previously disclosed.

Twitter sued Musk in response, accusing him of using his professed concern about bots as a smokescreen, and that his real reason for abandoning the deal was because his personal wealth had plummeted.

Musk’s lawyer said in a letter sent to Twitter’s chief legal officer that Musk was now serving the firm with a second “notice of termination,” adding accusations in Zatko’s whistleblower disclosure as reasons why he can legitimately walk away from the deal.