Court Having Trouble Assembling Jury for Elon Musk Because People Hate Him So Much
Futurism • • business
Key Points:
- Elon Musk faces a federal trial in San Francisco for allegedly manipulating Twitter's stock during his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, with the trial scheduled from March 2 to March 16.
- Jury selection has been challenging due to many prospective jurors expressing strong negative opinions about Musk, with over a third dismissed for inability to remain impartial.
- Musk's legal team objected to allowing jurors who admitted to disliking Musk to serve, but Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that jurors may hold personal opinions about public figures as long as they can set them aside and judge based on evidence and law.
- The allegations focus on Musk's public statements about Twitter's spam and fake account levels, which critics say were misleading tactics
