The fact that Elon Musk is one of those people who can get into trouble every time he opens his mouth is something that there is no point in disproving at this point. All the myth that has been built around him has turned him (if he wasn’t already, at least partially) into the kind of person who has the superpower to leaven bread every time he speaks. From getting into trouble with the SEC, to alienating many (myself included) for his opportunistic, almost parasitic behavior in the crisis of the twelve children trapped in a cave in Thailand. A moment that marked a before and after for many, not only because of the unsustainable design of the mini-sub, but also because of his furious response to the criticism he received for it. However, on this occasion it seems to have been a sin to speak lessby not submitting information on time.

His way of proceeding since he announced his intention to acquire Twitter has registered both lights and shadows. Let’s recall, for example, that when the purchase operation was still valid, an investor with a stake in Twitter decided to sue him. Why? Due to the negative statements about the social network that he has been making for weeks, a which have only increased over the months.

Any sane person, given the judicial situation he faces, with a judge whose record bodes well for Twitter and bad for him, and who was already very close to the position of social networks, any person under these circumstances would exercise all the caution in the world, in an effort not to worsen his situation before the court. Well, Elon Musk seems to be the exception… or he doesn’t have common sense, and I personally prefer the latter.

And so it is that Judge Kathaleen McCormick, criticized Elon Musk for not providing information such as text messages requested by Twitter. McCormick quoted “obvious flaws» on Musk’s submission of documents in an order partially complying with Twitter’s request for additional records. In addition, and as we can read at this writing, McCormick also reproaches Musk for wasting time, stating that there is no time for «jokes«.

For example, at one point in the text, the judge mentions two text messages sent to Musk by Robert Steel, from Parella Weinberg Partners, June 17 at 9:57 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. The text at 9:57 asks a question. A text at 10:15 that reads “Good. I have it…– means Musk has responded. «Assuming Musk’s response was not telepathic, one would expect evidence of it in the defendants’ production of documents. However, the defendants did not deliver any documents to substantially complete the finding by the deadline.“, says the municipality.

McCormick further wrote that “Musk’s approach to answering questions also left a lot to be desired«. After receiving the order «rrespond to interrogatories that required defendants to identify persons with knowledge of relevant facts“Musk’s Legal Team”supplemented their answers on August 26, but got it wrong and only identified a handful of people Twitter was interested in«. Musk later supplemented the information by identifying 491 related people, which he could have done “much earlier,” the judge says.