First, while I was kind of joking about not knowing about the consent decree, the article makes it abundantly clear that Musk not only wasn’t aware of the consent decree when he agreed to purchase Twitter, but he still seemed unaware of it after taking over the company: When one executive met with Musk and voiced concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s consent decree, Musk assured that person there was nothing to worry about.Minutes after the meeting concluded, a subordinate of Musk emailed: Would the executive be willing to send over a copy of the consent decree they had just discussed?First, it’s difficult to read this as anything but Musk having no clue about the existence of the consent decree, which has some very specific provisions.The fact that an underling had to immediately then ask the exec for a copy of the consent decree just puts an exclamation point on all of this, suggesting that even his underlings know when Musk is in over his head and they’re going to scramble to try to clean up the mess.Days later, Musk announced deputy general counsel Jim Baker had been “exited” from the company, as the CEO cited what he called his “possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue.” Former employees said it would have been normal for an attorney to review documents for release."