Musk says Twitter whistleblower payment is another reason to scrap merger

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Twitter Inc’s recent separation agreement with and $7.75 million payment to a whistleblower gives Elon Musk another reason to end his $44 billion agreement to buy the company, Musk’s lawyers said on Friday.

Lawyers for the world’s richest person made the argument in a letter to Twitter, a copy of which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York Editing by Chris Reese)