Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter has hit a roadblock.

What's holding up the deal and can Musk legally back out of the purchase?

I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howell, its Friday, May 20th, and this is Morning Wire.

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Weeks after Elon Musk shocked the world with his $44 billion offered by Twitter, new questions regarding the number of inauthentic bot accounts on the platform have seemingly brought the deal to a standstill.

Here with the latest on what's at stake and how Twitter is responding to the news is daily wire senior editor Cabot Phillips.

So Cabot first walk us through this new information that's caused this deal to stall.

Yeah, on Tuesday, Elon Musk tweeted that the deal to purchase Twitter quote cannot move forward until the company offers public proof regarding the legitimacy of their user base.

Remember a key aspect of this deal is just how many active users are on Twitter.

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