But the prominence of the issue is. Wheel out a "whistle-blower" or two and Bob's your Uncle.
Forgive me, there are enough cultish Elon worshippers around that I can easily give credence to this theory. In fact, on the balance of probability (given the fanatics and Musks powers), I would say it is actually the most reasonable explanation.
It's really not about Elon Musk cultism. It's about the fact that he was right to question how many Twitter accounts were bots/spam. This is Musk's vindication.