SEC Seeks Court Order to Compel Elon Musk’s Testimony in Twitter Probe

The ongoing investigation is over potential violations relating to Mr. Musk’s purchases of stock in Twitter last year.

X CEO Elon Musk leaves a U.S. Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 13, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Thursday that it has applied for a court order to compel Tesla CEO Elon Musk to testify in an ongoing probe related to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year.

The SEC said in its filing on Oct. 5 that Mr. Musk failed to appear for testimony on Sept. 15 as required by the investigative subpoena despite having agreed in May to show up at the SEC’s regional office in San Francisco.