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by JauntTrooper 2654 days ago
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...