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The craziest part of Musk v. Altman happened while the jury was out of the room

The Verge • 2026-04-30T20:36

Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened. But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk's lawyers may have just fucked up big. Jared "James Brickhouse" Birchall, Musk's finance guy and all-around fixer, took the stand after Musk today. Most of his testimony was […]

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Okay, I am not a lawyer so I only understood about half of what just happened.

But I am fairly sure, given the context, that Elon Musk's lawyers may have just fucked up big.

Jared "James Brickhouse" Birchall, Musk's finance guy and all-around fixer, took the stand after Musk today.

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