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Musk subpoenas ex-Twitter CEO Dorsey in battle over buyout

The billionaire is rapidly marshalling documents and data to show that Twitter understated how much of its customer base is made up of spam and robot accounts

Since the world’s richest person retreated from the purchase, dozens of people, banks and funds have been subpoenaed by both sides in the legal fight playing out in Delaware.

Elon Musk subpoenaed Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and his longtime friend, in his defence against the social media company’s lawsuit to make him complete his proposed $44 billion buyout.

Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter’s chief executive officer last year, has been an energetic booster of Musk’s bid for the company, tweeting in April that Musk was the “singular solution I trust” to take over.

The subpoena follows a pair filed on Friday for ...