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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain walks to the South Lawn of the White House to attend an event in Washington, on April 8, 2022. President Joe Biden’s chief of staff violated the law by retweeting a political message on his official Twitter account, but no disciplinary action will be pursued and a warning letter was sent to him, according to a memo from the Office of Special Counsel. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain violated Hatch Act, receives wrist slap from feds

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

This image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters carrying a sink through the lobby area on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022 in San Francisco. Musk posted a video Wednesday showing him strolling into Twitter headquarters ahead of a Friday deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company. (Twitter page of Elon Musk via AP)

Elon Musk doesn’t seek a ‘free-for-all hellscape’ for Twitter

By Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk suggested in a Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. But Musk's tone and wording also raised the possibility that the irascible Tesla CEO was just being sarcastic. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Elon Musk will have to close Twitter deal this week or go to trial

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition on March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk plans to lay off most of Twitter's workforce if and when he becomes owner of the social media company, according to a report Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, by The Washington Post. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Twitter employees send open letter protesting Musk possibly cutting 75% of employees

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has proposed a peace plan for Ukraine that would involve holding repeat votes under the U.N. auspices in Russia-occupied regions, triggering a showdown with Ukrainian Twitter users who have rejected his proposals in a stream of furious comments. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Elon Musk plans to cut 75% of Twitter workforce: Report

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Tesla Motors, Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris on Dec. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Elon Musk’s new perfume sold 20,000 bottles in two days

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Trading in shares of Twitter were halted after the stock spiked, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 on reports that Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

To buy Twitter, Musk has to keep banks, investors on board

By Tom Krisher and Matt O'Brien - Associated Press

FILE - Traders gather around a post as Twitter shares resume trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Oct. 4, 2022. Elon Musk’s lawyers said Thursday, Oct. 6, that Twitter is refusing to accept the Tesla billionaire’s renewed $44 billion bid for the social media company and are asking a Delaware court to halt an upcoming trial. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Judge delays Twitter trial, gives Elon Musk time to seal buyout

By Matt O'Brien and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Trading in shares of Twitter were halted, Tuesday, Oct. 4, after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Elon Musk moves to proceed with purchase of Twitter

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington on March 9, 2020. Newly disclosed text messages between Musk and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal showed that the two men briefly bonded in April 2022 over their love of engineering, until Musk tweeted this message early on Aug. 9, 2022: &quot;Is Twitter dying?&quot; (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Musk and Twitter CEO Agrawal were briefly pals, texts show

By Matt O'Brien and Randall Chase - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington. A Delaware judge is hearing arguments, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 over the exchange of information by lawyers in Twitter's lawsuit seeking to force billionaire Elon Musk to carry through with his $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Twitter moves to formally censure suitor Elon Musk for destroying evidence

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Elon Musk faces deposition with Twitter lawyers

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck at Tesla's design studio Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Who is Peiter Zatko? Why Twitter’s former security head is testifying

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Sen. Richard Durbin speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris at the C.W. Avery Family YMCA in Plainfield, Ill., Friday, June 24, 2022. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday, June 28, to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.(Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee pushes Twitter CEO to answer whistleblower allegations

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. A majority of Twitter shareholders voted to accept Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, Reuters reported. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Majority of Twitter shareholders vote to approve Elon Musk’s purchase

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Peiter “Mudge" Zatko, the Twitter whistleblower who is warning of security flaws, privacy threats and lax controls at the social platform, will take his case to Congress on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Senators who will hear Zatko's testimony are alarmed by his allegations at a time of heightened concern over the safety of powerful tech platforms. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter whistleblower bringing security warnings to Congress

By Marcy Gordon - Associated Press

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. The microblogging service is unveiling an edit feature, but it's only available to premium users. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Disney backed out of Twitter purchase over bot concerns, former CEO says

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. The microblogging service is unveiling an edit feature, but it's only available to premium users. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Twitter to unveil edit button for premium users

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., March 14, 2019. Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. Twitter's former security chief Peiter Zatko received a subpoena on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, from Musk's team, according to Zatko's lawyer and court records. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Elon Musk cites Twitter whistleblower’s claims as reason to exit deal

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The Twitter icon is displayed on a mobile phone in Philadelphia on April 26, 2017. U.S. securities regulators are questioning Twitter about how it calculates the number of fake accounts on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission in June 2022 asked the company about the methodology for calculating the false or spam accounts “and the underlying judgments and assumptions used by management.” (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Senate Judiciary Committee to review alleged security failures at Twitter

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times