Musk Says Judge's Bias Forced Him to Pay Full Price for Twitter [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
March 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM EST
Elon Musk testified he had to pay full price to buy Twitter Inc. in 2022 because the Delaware judge in the company's lawsuit to make him consummate the $44 billion deal was "biased" against him.
Musk has openly complained before about Delaware Chancery Court's chief judge, Kathaleen St. J. McCormick. But his testimony at a San Francisco trial revisiting the tumultuous buyout marked the first time the world's richest person has publicly said why he ultimately decided to back down in his fight with Twitter.
Musk told jurors Wednesday that his lawyers warned him that he was unlikely to defeat Twitter's suit because McCormick "was extremely biased against me." She issued several pretrial rulings that favored the company.
"The lawyers said there was no choice" but to give in, he added.
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