[dosy]

Right. Does anyone have any idea why the SEC has such a huge justice-hunger for Musk? Musk definitely gets a lot of government contracts and money, and is very connected to defence, and lobbying. Why is someone that useful / influential becoming a target of such intense focus and interest? Is it a personal grudge at the SEC (why?) or from above? Is it a way to laterally apply pressure on Musk regarding SpaceX?

[JauntTrooper]

I don't think the SEC wants to go after Musk at all. It's unpopular and it's not good for the market to go after someone with such a great track record of capital formation.

He keeps forcing their hand and putting them in a position where they have to either take enforcement action or give him special treatment they don't give any other public company executives.

This is the law. A CEO cannot say he's secured funding for a buyout if it's not true. A CEO cannot sign an agreement with the SEC then publicly violate it without repercussions.

Potentially market moving tweets get filed all the time. It's not different because it's a Twitter. Here is Dell Technologies filing a few of their deal-related tweets: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1571996/000119312518...

Carl Icahn literally files single tweets with the SEC. Here are two of his tweets you can find under Apple's SEC filings:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/0000928464140...

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/0000928464140...

[londons_explore]

My guess is some of the short sellers have friends who work at the SEC.

That and Musk runs his company like a child, which allows it to be nimble, but also means every action doesn't get as much scrutiny as they expect.

[bjl]

Or, rather than postulating some shadowy conspiracy theory, we can guess that the SEC is a law enforcement agency, and Musk has repeatedly (and in plain sight) violated the law.