{"id":79990,"date":"2023-01-24T08:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/elon-musk-claims-he-had-backing-to-buy-tesla\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:51:03","slug":"elon-musk-claims-he-had-backing-to-buy-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/elon-musk-claims-he-had-backing-to-buy-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk claims he had backing to buy Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Elon Musk has told a court he believed he had enough backing to take Tesla private after posting a controversial tweet.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The electric car company boss is on trial after investors claimed the 2018 tweet cost them millions of dollars when a deal fell through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Mr Musk claims he met with a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, which indicated it would back a deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He added he sold his stake in the SpaceX rocket company to raise money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Mr Musk has been accused of defrauding investors after he tweeted on Aug. 7, 2018 that he had &#8220;secured funding&#8221; to take Tesla private for $420 a share and that &#8220;investor support was confirmed.&#8221; .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has told a court he believed he had enough backing to take Tesla private after posting a controversial tweet. 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