The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room

Source: The Verge

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Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk’s lawyers may have just fucked up big.

Jared “James Brickhouse” Birchall, Musk’s finance guy and all‑around fixer, took the stand after Musk today. Most of his testimony was dull and seemed to exist primarily to get some documents read into the record, which sucks but is a normal part of sitting through trials.

At the very end of his boring testimony something interesting happened. I believe we all got a surprise—something that rarely occurs in courtrooms.

The lawyer conducting his direct examination …

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