Elon Musk reportedly asked to meet with the chair of the FTC but she rejected his request
In a response letter to Musk's invitation, dated January 27, Khan declined the meeting, the Times reported, citing documents it had viewed. The regulator has issued a request to interview Musk as a part of"I recommend that Twitter appropriately prioritize its legal obligations to provide the requested information," Khan wrote, according to the Times."Once Twitter has fully complied with all F.T.C. requests, I will be happy to consider scheduling a meeting with Mr. Musk.
Musk has since met with Christine Wilson, the agency's only Republican commissioner, in February, according to the Times. Wilson said in anpublished the same month as the meeting that she plans to resign from her role at the regulator after accusing Khan of an"abuse of power." Since he bought Twitter last year, the FTC has sent 12 letters to Twitter requesting internal communications relating to Musk, layoffs, and journalists who have access to company records, Earlier this month, Musk called the FTC probe a"weaponization of a government agency" and a"serious attack on the Constitution."
This isn't Twitter's first time dealing with an FTC investigation. The agency's current probe stems from a
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