Turner Caldwell

And that was going to help them somehow.

I actually am not quite sure how that would help them somehow, but someone in the chat is probably smarter than me.

I'm not, but like, it was them trying to sort of take that over.

And I think opening, I said publicly at the time, this is like a stalling tactic.

They're trying to like,

So I think because of a line of questioning with Birchall yesterday about the bid, if that happens on the stand, and again, a lawyer gut-checked me here because I'm a stupid tech reporter, but if that happens on the stand, then it gives an entry point for open-eyed lawyers to be like,

okay, well, we need to, you know, now admit, basically the judge said to Musk's side, you opened this line of questioning.

Now it's fair game to go into this.

And then you can start calling new evidence in around that, like to open up discovery.

It's like really like strategy.

And like, you have to be careful in your strategy when you're asking certain questions in court.

I've been learning a lot about it.

So maybe it's a strategic misstep by Tovarov, Elon's lawyer, but it's not quite clear yet.

And your point is well made, which is like, OK, if even if you kneecap one, like good luck on literally everyone else.

And like there's been a lot of time spent, Elon talking smack about Larry Page and how he like doesn't trust him anymore.

But the point, I believe, is... This is actually a point of contention.

So the judge does not... The judge prohibited, like, going too far into, like, doomerism into the world stuff.

And she's like, look, that's kind of a sideshow distraction.

Like, extinction, humanity stuff is not the point of this case.

But...