Tesla Inc has obtained a second subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Trade Fee over CEO Elon Musk‘s 2018 tweets about taking the corporate personal, the EV maker disclosed in a regulatory submitting Monday.
The corporate stated it obtained the subpoena June 13 and can cooperate with the federal government authorities. The regulator didn’t reply to a Reuters request for remark.
In November final yr the regulator had subpoenaed Tesla associated to a settlement requiring Musk’s tweets on materials info to be vetted.
Musk had in 2018 settled a lawsuit by the regulator over his go-private tweets, agreeing to let the corporate’s legal professionals pre-approve tweets with materials details about the corporate.
In June, Musk appealed a choose’s refusal to finish this 2018 settlement with the SEC.
Individually, Tesla stated it has transformed about 75 % of its bitcoin holdings into fiat foreign money and has recorded a $170 million impairment cost associated to the asset.
