Musk accuses SEC of overreach, seeks to end lawsuit over Twitter stake

Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to dismiss a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit claiming he waited too long to disclose his purchases of Twitter shares in 2022, accusing the regulator of overreaching in order to punish him for criticising it.

The SEC sued the billionaire in January, saying his 11-day delay in revealing his initial 5% Twitter stake let him buy more than $500 million worth of shares at low prices, saving himself $150 million at unsuspecting investors’ expense.

It wants Musk, the world’s richest person, to repay those…