On: SEC Asks Manhattan Federal Court to Hold Elon Musk...

[joshuamorton → buboard]

No, the intent is that he doesn't take the secs censure seriously. It helps to address the question of if this was an honest mistake or not, and the judgement will likely take that into account.

[jacques_chester → joshuamorton]

The SEC are arguing that civil contempt doesn't require intent.

But they also point out that yeah, maybe he's doing it on purpose.