Judge calls Elon Musk's legal team's efforts 'suboptimal' and takes a dig at his decision to waive due diligence on Twitter deal

A Delaware judge took some digs at Elon Musk's legal team during a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday in Twitter's lawsuit to force the billionaire to honor his $44 billion purchase agreement.

Chancery Court Judge Kathleen St. J. McCormick sounded irritated with Musk's team at several points during the hearing.

She told Musk's lawyers that their work to produce and identify people that had spoken with Musk about the deal for court discovery "bothered [her] a lot." 

"I ordered you to do the job," McCormick said. "You had two custodians. Have you heard the saying: 'You had one job?'" she added.

Her comments came after Twitter's legal team argued that the opposing side was withholding and delaying the information it shared — causing issues with Twitter's attempts to subpoena individuals involved in the acquisition. Over 100 subpoenas have been issued in the case so far.