Twitter rejects Elon Musk's new allegations, Zatko's firing is "invalid and illegal"

Social media platform Twitter

in a letter to the Security Stock Exchange, the Wall Street regulator, said

's latest argument to rescind his $ 44 billion deal to buy the company. social media is invalid.

Musk's lawyer said on Friday that Twitter's payment of about $ 7 million to former security chief

, who reported data protection flaws, is yet another reason. abandon the agreement.

The Twitter letter states that this termination ground, linked to Zatko's dismissal, is "invalid and illegal" and that it has not violated any of the obligations of the merger agreement.

After the shareholder vote on Tuesday, all conditions to close the deal will be met, and "Twitter intends to enforce the deal and close the transaction at the price and terms agreed with Musk's parties," the lawyers wrote in the letter. to the Sec.

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