Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) is calling for a national security probe of Elon Musk’s buyout of Twitter and the approximately $2 billion in Saudi funding for the transaction.
Murphy requested that the Committee on Foreign Involvement in the United States (CFIUS) investigate Saudi investment in Twitter in a statement issued on Monday. Musk’s $44 billion agreement includes billions in foreign capital from Saudi Arabia and Chinese investors. Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Holding Company and Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s private office claimed to be Twitter’s “second largest investors,” with a combined stake of $1.89 billion.
