Elon Musk Never Sought Approval for a Single Tesla Tweet, US SEC Tells Judge

Elon Musk Never Sought Approval for a Single Tesla Tweet, US SEC Tells Judge
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai on Jan. 7, 2019. Aly Song/Reuters
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Chief Executive Elon Musk has never sought pre-approval for a single tweet about Tesla Inc. since striking a court-approved deal about how to communicate important information about the electric vehicle maker, the top U.S. securities regulator told a judge on March 18.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is doubling down on the government’s demand to find the Tesla CEO in contempt of a previous fraud settlement that required him to have the company pre-approve any tweets that could materially impact the automaker.