Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘Let me be clear: I do not respect the SEC’

By Joe Williams

Published December 10, 2018 2:21pm ET

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Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘Let me be clear: I do not respect the SEC’ — FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla Inc. reports earnings on Wednesday, Oct. 24. | (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Tesla founder Elon Musk is intensifying his feud with the Securities and Exchange Commission, months after a settlement over the agency’s claim that he lacked the necessary financing for his offer to take the electric carmaker private at a hefty premium.

“Let me be clear: I do not respect the SEC. I do not respect them,” he told CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday.

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