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"The question here is whether the Tesla lawyers were fully

April 9, 2019 by Katherine Berry

"The question here is whether the Tesla lawyers were fully aware of the information they were requesting until they read it," Musk told CNBC on Saturday. "The lawyers were," he continued, "in the middle of preparing the documents. The lawyers were not in a position to determine how this information was to be used."

As a result, Musk has filed an appeal of a court ruling that the SEC should not rule on his tweets.

"The SEC is not allowed to rule on a company's tweets except under certain circumstances, such as, where there is a 'materiality of public interest,'" Musk said. "As an attorney general, I think it's important that the SEC look at this and make sure that the information it requests is accurate."

And although he has been at it for years, Musk says he's been able to avoid the SEC's requirement by not asking for pre-approval for his tweets.

"I'm sure that I was entitled to use my judgment in this matter to determine whether it was factual and what was the proper way to handle that information," Musk said. "I was able to do that, and I was able to use my judgment, in doing so, and I'm sure that, if there was any harm, you could've done that better than this."

(MORE: Here's How the SEC Won Over Elon Musk)The United States may have been able to keep secret more information about its secret, but there was no evidence President-elect Donald Trump would have authorized that kind of information if he had not been elected president of the United States.