Musk's Team Warned 'WWIII' Over Twitter Deal, Atty Testifies

By Bonnie Eslinger ( March 10, 2026, 12:02 AM EDT) -- After Twitter sued Elon Musk for terminating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform, Musk's legal team said their client would launch "World War III" against the company's board if forced to go through with the transaction, a Wilson Sonsini lawyer who led the deal for Twitter told a California federal jury Monday....

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