Twitter’s Totally Grown-Up Lawyer Broke Down Crying in Meeting on Musk

Twitter’s top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde apparently broke down crying during a meeting with staff on Monday after news of billionaire Elon Musk’s acquisition of the company broke, according to a Tuesday report from Politico. The same lawyer that decided to investigate the Hunter Biden laptop scandal before the 2020 elections and ban President Trump from Twitter. Politico was her favorite magazine.

Reporters Betsy Woodruff and Emily Birnbaum wrote, “It’s a blunt statement.” “Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives.”

“[T]op Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting with the policy and legal teams she oversees to discuss what the new ownership could mean for them,” they reported. “Gadde cried during the meeting as she expressed concerns about how the company could change, according to three people familiar with the meeting.”

Sources were brave enough to name their comments. “Twitter spokesperson Trenton Kennedy said Gadde became emotional when discussing her team’s impact and the pride she feels in them,” the duo added.

Politico also seemed to laud Gadde for the work she does at Twitter, including “negotiating the deal between Twitter and Musk,” kicking Trump off the site, and cracking down on the Hunter Biden laptop story:

Twitter’s most contentious political disputes have been fought by her, and she has helped to steer the company through them. She also assisted in the removal of all political ads from Twitter as well as the expulsion of former President Donald Trump. in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill — a position that has earned her devoted fans within Twitter, as well as a large contingent of right-wing critics.

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Gadde has one of the most controversial posts on Twitter. Her teams make decisions about how to moderate content. That’s made her a target of right-wing criticism, particularly when Twitter blocked the distribution of a New York Post article about President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, in 2020. After multiple reports proved she was responsible for the ban on Trump’s Twitter account, there was a new wave of criticism.

Birnbaum and Woodruff reported that Twitter’s “policy and legal employees Worried at the meeting about how to solve it [Musk’s] leadership could mean for Twitter’s carefully crafted online speech rules, including its policies against hate speech, misinformation and even political advertising.”

They also framed Gadde as the one who would be standing in the breach against “the world’s richest man.” “Gadde herself has advocated strongly for ensuring that Twitter’s policies protect its most vulnerable users while protecting free expression — a position that is at odds with Musk’s,”They also wrote.

The article concluded with gushy, tweeted praise for Gadde from her co-workers and condemnation of Musk from the CEO of a “progressive tech advocacy group.”