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Twitter Lawyer Tells Court Musk Has Not Backed up Claims of Fake Accounts

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept 27 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's review of Twitter Inc(TWTR.N)accounts by his advis

Twitter Lawyer Tells Court Musk Has Not Backed up Claims of Fake Accounts

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