Well-known American attorney James Baker has been in the news because he was sacked from the post of Twitter’s general counsel due to his role in guising the Hunter Biden story
James Baker, Twitter’s general counsel, has been sacked by Elon Musk for his role in preventing the disclosure of internal records on Twitter’s censoring of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy in advance of the 2020 presidential election.
Know Who Is Attorney James Baker Sacked By Elon Musk From Twitter After He Hid The Hunter Biden Laptop Story
HOLY SHLIT MATT TAIBBI JUST SAID FBI COUNSEL JAMES BAKER WAS 'VETTING' THE TWITTER FILES BEFORE ANYONE COULD SEE THEM AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE DELAY ON FRIDAY
NOW WE KNOW WHY IT LOOKED LIKE FBI REFERENCES WERE SCRUBBED
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 6, 2022
In order to reveal how the Blue Bird was involved in keeping the controversy under wraps and was influenced by political forces, Musk worked with journalist and author Matt Taibbi to develop Twitter data.
On Tuesday, December 6, Elon Musk tweeted,
In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today.
In a separate tweet, he added,
Matt Taibbi also took to Twitter and explained why it was done. He wrote,
We can now tell you part of the reason why. On Tuesday, Twitter Deputy General Counsel (and former FBI General Counsel) Jim Baker was fired. Among the reasons? Vetting the first batch of “Twitter Files” – without knowledge of new management.
Since then, James Baker has been a hot topic of discussion with many people trying to find out more about him. So, let’s find out more about him:
Who Is James Baker?
James Baker is a well-known American attorney. He has been in the news because he was sacked from the post of Twitter’s general counsel.
He served as James Comey’s director and as general counsel of the FBI. He played a significant role in the bureau’s investigation into erroneous allegations of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
While employed by the FBI, Baker collaborated with agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, both of whom had a strong anti-Trump stance. He was under criminal investigation when he left since it was claimed that he had given information to the media.
He recently made headlines for his role as Special Counsel John Durham’s star witness in the prosecution of former Hillary Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann. The latter was cleared of lying to the FBI in May.
James Baker was chosen by Twitter to head their legal department in 2020. The firm was criticized at the time for stirring up controversy by classifying two Trump tweets as spreading false information because they implied that mail-in votes would result in a “rigged election.”
However, he was recently fired from his position.