Elon Musk has subpoenaed Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey for his communications with the social media site’s executives regarding the prevalence of fake or bot accounts on the platform.
The filing on Monday comes as part of Musk’s legal fight to back out of his $44bn deal to buy the company, primarily over what the Tesla chief executive contends was a misrepresentation over the number of Twitter’s active users.
Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter chief executive in November, was an enthusiastic backer of Musk’s dramatic takeover offer. In April he described Musk as “the singular solution I trust” to solve Twitter’s problems, adding: “I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.”