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Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey will be questioned by company lawyers and Elon Musk Tuesday morning amid the court battle over their $44 billion acquisition deal to a notice of a deposit filed on Monday.
Dorsey – who resigned as Twitter CEO last November and remained on the board until the end of May – was previously subpoenaed by Musk’s team for a variety of information, including all documents and communications related to the merger agreement as well as those that “reflect, reference.” “. to or in connection with the impact or impact of fake or spam accounts on the business and operations of Twitter.”
Musk tried to end the deal in July over allegations that the company misrepresented the number of fake and spam accounts on its platform, and Twitter (TWTR) quickly sued Musk to honor the deal.
Prior to Musk’s decision to end the deal, Dorsey had been positive about the prospect of Musk taking over Twitter. Shortly after the acquisition was announced, Dorsey tweeted: “Elon is the unique solution that I trust. I trust its mission to expand the light of consciousness.”
The statement comes as Musk’s team escalates its case against Twitter. A judge ruled earlier this month that Musk could amend his claims based on former Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko’s whistleblower disclosure, which alleges the company has serious security vulnerabilities that endanger its users, investors and US national security.
Last week, Musk’s team publicly filed its updated counterclaims alleging that the disclosure of Zatko and the events surrounding it “revealed that the misrepresentations regarding mDAU [monetizable daily active users] were just one component of a broader conspiracy among Twitter executives to mislead the public, their investors, and the government about the dysfunction at the heart of the company.”
Twitter has said that Zatko’s allegations paint a “misrepresentation” of the company and that Musk’s claims are “factually inaccurate, legally inadequate and commercially irrelevant.”
The two parties are scheduled to begin a five-day trial over the dispute on October 17.