Musk seeks documents from Jack Dorsey in fight over Twitter deal

Elon Musk is seeking documents from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey as he pursues his legal fight to walk away from his $44bn deal for the social media company

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Dorsey, who resigned as Twitter's CEO, was asked for documents and communications about Musk's April agreement to buy the company and about spam accounts on the platform

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Dorsey, who is CEO of payments processing company Block Inc, did not immediately respond to a request for comment

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Block was co-founded by Dorsey and changed its name last year from Square

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Musk told Twitter he was ending the agreement to buy the company for $54.20 per share because he alleged Twitter had violated the deal contract

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Musk has alleged the company defrauded him by hiding the number of fake accounts in its regulatory filings

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Musk and Dorsey held discussions in March about Musk joining the Twitter board before Musk revealed he had acquired a 9.1% stake in Twitter

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Musk accepted a board seat but before he began his term, he changed course and offered to buy the company

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