The SEC is a weak organization that can barely figure out the issues that surround shorting non-existent shares. Whatever "justice" seething liberals think would happen from a fine is literally cheaper than him paying the $1b backout fee.
I swear the amount of useless drivel that goes around in a "journalists" head is fever dreams. Elon is apparently the equivalent of Satan and his purchase of Twitter is the "end of democracy" when Trump being president was the "end of democracy". Any speculation or forcing of various branches of government to stop the purchase of Twitter is just petty and begs the question just how valuable Twitter is to the political left.