Musk Says Judge's Bias Forced Him to Pay Full Price for Twitter

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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.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/musk-says-judge-s-bias-forced-him-to-pay-full-price-for-twitter?srnd=homepage-americas

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[Scrivener7]

1. The man could literally end world hunger tomorrow. And this is the shit

he concerns himself with.

How sick he must be.

[Javaman]

8. he's all the sick. nt

[mikeysnot]

2. No one forced you to buy

Shitter and turn it into a propaganda wing of wrong wing world.

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. In my opinion he spent $40 billion to get a fellow Child Rapist

elected. Then he saddled xAI stockholders with the white elephant, and got his money back.

[2naSalit]

4. Call the wahhhmbulance!

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Why not?

Trump sued Deutsche Bank for lending him a couple of billion dollars he couldn’t pay back, blaming the bankers for not being aware a recession would impact Der Donald.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Seems obvious

The judge had a bias against pretentious and arrogant assholes.

If the sphincter fits…

[Baitball Blogger]

7. This is a good sign because it means that Musk is having regrets over whatever

rationale he had that convinced him that 44 Billions was a sound investment in his future.

[mdbl]

11. I wish that were true

He doesn't seem to regret or take responsibility for anything. He just does the Dump version of blame everyone else. Ego maniacs never come to realizations, just twisted rationalizations.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. If he goes to court he will lose.

The whole point of setting the price at 44 Billion was to discourage a sale that many felt would not continue the spirit and original intentions behind Twitter. And Elon Musk left nothing but undisputed evidence that he purchased Twitter for selfish and greedy reasons. Drove it into the dirt and now that his political ambitions have failed, his buyer's remorse is a joke.

[Javaman]

9. This just in: elon musk has just filed lawsuit against his ego. nt

[Eugene]

10. Oh yes, that classic corporate bias: contracts are binding.

something that is taught in principles of business 101

After all, what other reasonable people would take his 420-based offers seriously?

[MLWR]

13. Oh, boohoo, the poor muskrat. He's free to move somewhere else. No one will stop him.

[Clouds Passing]

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