Tesla CEO Elon Musk attacked court judge Kathaleen McCormick, who already crossed him in his Twitter deal.
Elon Musk smeared Delaware judge Kathaleen McCormick who struck down his record-breaking $56 billion pay package as a danger to America’s free market capitalism.
Delaware, a corporate haven, is the go-to spot for U.S. companies incorporating themselves. The Chancery Court, presided over by McCormick, prides itself as a legal guardian safeguarding the state’s pro-business image.
But after McCormick refused to let Tesla pay Musk $56 million in agreed compensation, the tech mogul has taken aim against her on his social network platform X.
“She has done more to damage Delaware than any judge in modern history,” he wrote without any apparent trace of hyperbole, branding her an “activist and politician, first and foremost”.
It’s not Musk’s first run-in with McCormick, who prevented him in October 2022 from walking out on his contractually agreed offer with Twitter to buy the company for $44 billion.