Elon Musk lawyer cites Twitter’s whistleblower payment as new reason to drop $44 billion takeover
- Twitter’s roughly $7 million payment to Peiter Zatko violates terms of April merger agreement, lawyer argues
A lawyer for Elon Musk argued in a letter Friday to Twitter Inc. that a roughly $7 million payment the company made to a whistleblower gives the billionaire more ammunition to walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy the social-media business.