--- title: "Elon Musk Subpoenas Friend Who’s Been Nothing But Supportive" description: "The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless Twitter-buying drama saw him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who supported his bid to buy the website." date: "2022-08-23" modified: "2022-08-23" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-subpoenas-jack-dorsey" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "jack dorsey" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Subpoenas Friend Who’s Been Nothing But Supportive ![The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless Twitter-buying drama saw him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, who supported his bid to buy the website.]() *\Image: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images\* ## Served! The latest chapter in Elon Musk's endless [Twitter-buying legal drama]() sees him subpoenaing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, a longtime buddy who even supported his litigious bid to buy the social network earlier in the year. While discovery subpoenas are par for the course in the aggressive world of business law, the one [filed in Delaware today]() is particularly egregious given that Dorsey threw his weight behind Musk in the early days of the SpaceX and Tesla's CEO crapshoot buyout bid and the subsequent fallout from him pulling out of the deal. "Elon is the singular solution I trust," [Dorsey wrote in an April Twitter thread]() that began with a link to a Radiohead track. "I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness." He went on to laud Musk's goal of "creating a platform that is 'maximally trusted and broadly inclusive'" as the "right" path for the site, which he founded back in 2006. ## Discovery Channel In the subpoena, Musk's legal team is demanding that Dorsey not only turn over all documents and communications about Musk's reneged offer to buy Twitter, but also all information about the "impact or effect of false or spam accounts on Twitter’s business and operations." The subpoena also calls for the former Twitter CEO to release all information about Twitter using mDAU, or "monetizable daily active Twitter users," as a "Key Metric." In a separate filing, Musk's legal team also subpoenaed Brucke Falck, an ex-Twitter exec that now-CEO Parag Agrawal [fired earlier this year](), [*Bloomberg* reports](). While getting slapped with subpoenas is simply one of the many prices of of doing business on this huge a scale, this one just *feels* personal. After all, just two years ago, Musk had nothing but compliments for Dorsey, with whom he shares a fondness for cryptocurrency. "Just want say that I support @Jack as Twitter CEO," he [wrote at the time](). "He has a good heart." In other words, you best believe we'll have the popcorn ready for *Musk v. Twitter*'s [October 17 court showdown](). **More Elon insanity:** *[Elon Musk Warns Conservatives to "Stay Out of People's Bedrooms" ]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()