Tesla’s Musk Seeks to End SEC Muzzle on Tweets, Could Face Uphill Battle

Tesla’s Musk Seeks to End SEC Muzzle on Tweets, Could Face Uphill Battle
Elon Musk attends TIME Person of the Year in New York City on Dec. 13, 2021. Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME
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Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday asked a federal judge to terminate his 2018 agreement with the top U.S. securities regulator requiring some of his tweets to be vetted by a lawyer.

Musk also asked the judge to block a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) subpoena requesting records of pre-approval of a Twitter poll he conducted in November on potentially selling some of his stock.