In April 2022, Elon Musk filed a bid with the SEC to buy Twitter for $44B dollars. A lot has happened since then, with Musk recently saying his purchase is on ‘temporary hold’ over Twitter math that spam bots are less than 5% of daily usage on the social media platform. So what led to Musk brokering a deal to snap up the social media giant in just three weeks? CNBC TechCheck’s Deirdre Bosa tarries down the timeline and fills in the blank (Twitter) spaces so you don’t have to.
