[Zenst]

Wouldn't such a rumour make people think that if they brought Tesla shares, they could get a share of SpaceX if they merge, given their public stock and the later two are not.

So such reports, in such situations, will be interesting if it has an impact on Tesla shares. Which could trigger an investigation.

[sidibe]

Nothing will happen. He got off with nothing for directly saying from his own account "Funding secured" on Twitter in a much less nakedly corrupt environment