Elon Musk's X Corp. could have filed its defamation lawsuit against Media Matters for America in Northern California, where the social media platform is headquartered. Or it could have sued in Washington,

The lawsuit says the nonprofit company Media Matters for America, “knowingly and maliciously” created side-by-side images to depict advertisers’ posts on X next to Neo-Nazi and white-nationalist content.

Musk has filed his “thermonuclear” suit against Media Matters for America at the same time the Texas attorney general launched an investigation into the nonprofit.

Some legal experts are panning Elon Musk’s lawsuit targeting the watchdog group Media Matters, saying the complaint filed Monday by X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, runs contrary to the First Amendment and could backfire wildly — if it progresses at all.

But like the "rapid unscheduled disassembly" that keeps plaguing his SpaceX rockets, Musk's lawsuit creates some highly explosive problems for him that risk sending the Chief Twit crashing down to earth in a spectacular fashion.

The judge presiding over tech billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Media Matters for America has recused himself from the case, according to court documents. In a notice filed with the court on Tuesday,