According to allegations by its former head of security, the social media company does not know how many fake accounts it has.
Lawyers for Musk have seized upon Peiter Zatko's revelations.
Mr Musk is trying to end his bid to buy a company that he doesn't like.
Many of Mr Zatko's allegations are false.
He was fired in January for poor performance.
After attempting to pull out of a deal to purchase the company, Mr Musk is in a conflict with the company.
A judge in Delaware will decide in October if Mr Musk will have to buy it.
In July, Mr Musk said he wouldn't purchase the company because he couldn't verify how many people were on the platform.
A minimum of 10% of daily active users are bots. His claims have been questioned.
According to the company, less than 5% of its daily active users are bots.
Mr Zatko, a former head of security, filed a whistle blower complaint with the US regulators, accusing the bosses of having little incentive to accurately identify and report bot activity.
Mr Zatko criticizes the methodology for calculating the number of fake accounts in a complaint shared with CBS news.
He accused senior management of having "no appetite to properly measure the prevalence of bots" and claimed he was unable to get an upper bound for the number of bots.
The Washington Post thinks that the complaint provides little hard evidence to back up his claims.
In the Delaware court case, the allegations may be used to justify Mr Musk's actions.
According to CNN, Mr Zatko's lawyer said that he started the whistleblowing process before Mr Musk tried to buy the platform.
Mr Musk's lawyers are interested in what Mr Zatko has to say.
Alex Spiro told CNN that it had issued a subpoena for Mr Zatko to be a witness.
A well-known figure is Mr. Zatko.
He was a member of the L0pht and took part in congressional hearings on cyber-security.
He worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
According to reports, Mr Zatko raised a number of criticisms of the way in which it handles sensitive information.
"What we've seen so far is a false narrative aboutTwitter and our privacy and data-security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context," said a spokesman for the company.
Mr. Zatko's timing and allegations appear to be designed to hurt the company and its customers.
Privacy and security have always been a priority for the company.
John Tye, who is assisting Mr Zatko, called for agencies to investigate the allegations quickly.
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