Musk seeks to appeal judge’s finding that his tweets were false

Tesla is appealing against a court ruling that his 2018 tweet about taking Tesla private to be false, claiming he was taken out of context. — AP/File

Elon Musk is trying to appeal a judge’s finding that his 2018 tweet about taking Tesla Inc. private was false.

Musk, and other defendants in a shareholder lawsuit over the tweet, asked US District Judge Edward M. Chen in San Francisco to certify the order so it can be appealed. Pretrial orders generally can’t be appealed.