Elon Musk ordered to appear before regulators for a third time as they probe his £35bn Twitter takeover

Elon Musk has been ordered to testify for a third time in the probe into his takeover of Twitter .

The SEC sued the Tesla owner in October to compel him to cooperate in its probe of the $44bn ( 35bn ) Twitter takeover.

Officials want to hear his evidence on whether he acted lawfully when filling out paperwork and told the truth when making statements about the deal.