[kergonath]

> I don't think it would be verified by somebody being given access to Twitter's internal data and redoing their process.

Indeed. But surely they have at least internal audits. They seem like they take this stuff seriously.

> I look forward to finding what kind of a kook Musk finds as his expert

Indeed! If he picks his experts like his lawyers, this could be spectacular.

> e.g. evidence of the process not being followed, or of the numbers being tampered with

Yeah, he sounds like he’s hoping to find a smoking gun where some Twitter higher-up admits fudging the numbers. To be fair, if that is true, then Twitter deserves to be raked over the coals, even though it would not be sufficient to get Musk out of this mess.