**Elon Musk has secured a $44 billion financing package to acquire Twitter, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday.**
The filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed that Musk has committed $21 billion of equity financing and has secured $25.5 billion in debt financing from a group of banks led by Morgan Stanley.
The deal is expected to close in 2022, subject to the approval of Twitter shareholders and regulators.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been a vocal critic of Twitter’s content moderation policies and has said he wants to make the platform more free speech-friendly.
In a statement, Musk said he believes Twitter has .
