It's not every day that the public gets to see private communications between the world's richest man and his friends.
One of the biggest bombshells in the case's history came yesterday as court-mandated discovery required Musk to reveal his text messages regarding his flip-floppyTwitter-buying bid, which has landed him in legal hot water.
There are some really crazy things in these documents. Thankfully, we've rounded up the best of them to make sure you get the attention you deserve.
According to court documents, Musk told the CEO of the company that he didn't like doing things like that. I don't think I should be the one in charge of everyone. I like to help solve technical/ product design problems.
He admitted it.
At one point following Musk's announcement that he was going to try to buy Twitter, the company's co-founder told Musk that he thought it was a good idea to pull Donald Trump and start his own social network.
There is a need for a new platform, according to Musk. It can't be a business. This is what caused me to leave.
Musk responded with an "OK" and a question about what such a platform would look like, with Dorsey saying that he thinks it should be "open-source" but not ad-supported.
He said that the social networking site began as a protocol. It should not have been a business. That was the root of the problem.
How do you feel, Jack?
Musk seemed completely nonplussed by the messages that Joe Lonsdale sent him.
On April 4, Lonsdale praised Musk for buying stake in the company and joining its board before offering his take on the issues the billionaire had raised.
He joked that the lefties on the board wanted plausible deniability. Musk liked the message so much that he left his fellow tech founder on read.
In a text sent later in April, Lonsdale told Musk he'd been on the phone with Ron DeSantis and offered him a line to speak to the Republican presidential hopeful. Musk said "haha cool" in reply. It was very bad.
After announcing to the board that he wasn't going to join the board after all, Musk let Steve Davis of The Boring Company in on his plans.
He wrote that his Plan B is a version of the social networking site where the "tweets" are embedded in the transaction. You would have to pay a small fee for each comment or post.
In response, Davis said he was not sure of which plan he should support, and offered to put Musk in touch with the engineers who work on the project.
King reached out to Musk multiple times in order to get an interview. After news of the deal went public, she sent Musk a message in which she said that she was in favor of a tweet edit feature because she wanted to take back her words in the heat of the moment.
She sent him another message after he decided not to join the board.
It's ELON! You are buying or offering to buy a social networking site. King's words read. You are not like the other kids in the class, so don't you think we should sit down and face to face this?
If you find yourself in a boring company and need a distraction, we recommend you peruse the hundreds of texts and emails in the court-mandated cache.
The credit out of our cartoon wasCropped by Musk.
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