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2023-02-04 17:02:00 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A52C6CD6B4F1CE64B78AD5AD5F555C4F076430ADA1F850DEF7E5D962D4AAC90D
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Innocence is a component of criminal trials, not civil ones. In 2018's SEC civil complaint of this same case, Musk and Tesla did commit securities fraud and settled to pay $40M in fines with Musk losing the Chairman title. Musk has never been charged criminally. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226 https://www.theverge.com/23558736/elon-musk-securities-fraud-trial-funding-secured-tweet https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/presumption_of_innocence https://victimsofcrime.org/criminal-and-civil-justice/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/27/judge-quashes-elon-musks-attempt-to-end-sec-settlement-over-tesla-tweets/
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