Elon Musk seeks to amend Twitter complaint, cites whistleblower as new reason to cancel $44 billion deal

Elon Musk is asking a Delaware judge to let him amend his counterclaims against Twitter Inc., after saying earlier that new whistle-blower revelations add to his argument to walk away from his $44 billion purchase of the company. Lawyers for Musk and Twitter traded barbed letters Tuesday over how a whistle-blower’s accusations of “egregious deficiencies” at the company will affect the scuttled deal and Twitter’s lawsuit seeking to force the billionaire to follow through on his agreement to pay $54.20 a share.