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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by aslkdjaslkdj1 on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:30PM (#18016677)
He then went and taunted short sellers on Twitter when the stock went up in response to his tweet.

Also I don't believe his intent matter for criminal liability in market manipulation.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by beaconstudios on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:36PM (#18016734)
> He then went and taunted short sellers on Twitter when the stock went up in response to his tweet.

Source? I legitimately haven't seen this.

> Also I don't believe his intent matter for criminal liability in market manipulation.

I'm not saying it does. Where did I say it does? I don't understand why I keep getting this response.

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by phdp on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:48PM (#18016868)
He sent shorts to David Einhorn

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/elon-musk-ma...

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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by metalsahu on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:36PM (#18017914)
It was a company, Chubbies, that sent short shorts to David Einhorn not Elon. https://insideevs.com/chubbies-sends-short-shorts-tesla-shor...
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Re:Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements by badwolf on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @06:54PM (#18020012)
Heh. That's actually kind of a chuckleworthy story. Thanks for that.
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