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Musk calls Delaware ruling 'absolute corruption' after court again rejects his Tesla pay package
…absolute corruption.
What he said or did
After Chancellor McCormick ruled that a June 2024 Tesla shareholder vote could not ratify the voided 2018 pay package, Musk called the decision absolute corruption.
Background
McCormick wrote: Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here.
She also approved a $345 million fee award to the shareholder plaintiffs' lawyers (NBC News).
Official response
Tesla said on X that it would appeal (NBC News).
What happened next
On 19 December 2025 the Delaware Supreme Court restored the 2018 package, finding total rescission improper and inequitable
to Musk; Musk posted that he was vindicated
(Reuters).
Sources
- NBC News2 Dec 2024
- Al Jazeera19 Dec 2025
- Reuters (via Malay Mail)20 Dec 2025
This entry records what was publicly said or done, as reported by the sources above. Quotes are attributed to the person who made them.
