Tesla CEO and remorseful Twitter purchaser Elon Musk is seizing on the explosive whistleblower grievance lodged in opposition to Twitter by its former head of safety in an try to strengthen the case he’s making to stroll away from his $44 billion deal to buy the social media community.

Lawyers for Peter Zatko acknowledged late Monday that the previous worker had acquired a subpoena from Musk’s authorized workforce on Saturday and that he supposed to conform. According to the Washington Post, which first reported Zatko’s whistleblower grievance together with CNN, the subpoena asks for any paperwork the previous Twitter worker might have associated to the alleged jaw-dropping safety lapses on the social community, in addition to any details about spam, Musk’s favourite matter.

Zatko’s attorneys pressured that he didn’t come ahead together with his allegations in opposition to Twitter in a bid to assist Musk.

“Mr. Zatko will comply with his legal obligations of that subpoena and his appearance at the deposition is involuntary. He did not make his whistleblower disclosures to the appropriate governmental bodies to benefit Musk or to harm Twitter, but rather to protect the American public and Twitter shareholders,” Zatko’s legal professionals stated in a press release.

In his whistleblower grievance, Zatko claimed that Twitter has no curiosity to find out what number of spam bots are on its platform. The firm has publicly acknowledged that it’s lower than 5%, a determine that Musk says is fake. The whistleblower additionally accuses the corporate of deceptive the general public about its spam detection programs and portraying them as extra subtle than they really are.

In addition, Musk’s workforce is in search of particulars about how Twitter hides its safety holes, one thing Zatko stated was widespread, and perception into allegations that the social community has overseas spies on payroll, which Zatko stated occurred in India.

Twitter declined to touch upon Zatko’s remarks or Musk’s subpoena. The firm, for its half, has denied that Zatko’s allegations maintain any fact and framed his grievance as a false narrative from a fired worker “riddled with inconsistencies” that “lacks important context.” While Twitter says that Zatko was fired for “ineffective leadership and poor performance” in January of this 12 months, the previous safety chief maintains that he was fired for elevating issues internally about safety on the social media platform.

It’s unclear whether or not Zatko’s deposition will assist bolster Musk’s case to get out of the deal to purchase Twitter. As famous by the Post, though the previous Twitter worker talks a giant sport about bots and Twitter’s supposed lies about them, he has not offered arduous proof to assist his claims.

Twitter and Musk will face off in courtroom in a five-day trial that begins on Oct. 17 in Delaware courtroom.