Elon Musk�s wealthy high tech allies don�t seem too happy about receiving subpoenas from Twitter as part of the company�s legal battle with the Tesla CEO.

San Francisco-based Twitter is suing Musk in Delaware in an attempt to get him to complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, a deal Musk is trying to get out of. According to a report from The Washington Post, Twitter�s legal team on Monday asked for information about a host of tech investors and entrepreneurs connected to Musk in a wide-ranging subpoena. Twitter declined to comment.

According to the Post, the subpoena includes �extensive requests for communications, including �checklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organizational calls, meetings, notes, recordings� related to the deal�s financing.��

Well-known venture capitalists included in the subpoena, according to the report, are Marc Andreessen, founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz; former Facebook exec and CEO of Social Capital Chamath Palihapitiya; and David Sacks, the founding chief operating officer of PayPal and current general partner at Craft Ventures.

Sacks posted Monday on Twitter that �news that I am being subpoenaed by Twitter�s lawyers reminded me of this issue of Mad Magazine, I don�t know why.� He included a photo of the magazine�s cover showing a hand raising a middle finger.

Joe Lonsdale, general partner at 8VC, called Twitter�s subpoenas sent to �friends in the ecosystem� surrounding Musk, Andreessen and Sacks a �giant harassing fishing expedition.�

�I have nothing to do with this aside from a few snarky comments, but got a �YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED� document notice,� he tweeted on Monday.

Representatives for Sacks, Andreessen and Palihapitiya did not immediately respond to messages for comment on Tuesday. Lonsdale did not immediately respond to a message sent through LinkedIn.

(AP)