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Former FBI general counsel James Baker leaves the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia following a full day of testimony on May 19, 2022, in Washington. (Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images / Getty Images) HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP WHISTLEBLOWER SEIZES LONG-AWAITED ‘GLIMMERS’ OF JUSTICE: ‘I’M READY TO GO TO WAR' Baker was involved in discussions about whether the laptop falls Before joining Twitter, Baker also worked as general counsel at the FBI, where he was Attorney Michael Sussmann met with Baker in 2016 and presented "purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communicates channel" between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which is based in Russia. Sussmann was accused of telling Baker that he was not doing work "for any client" but later billing the Hillary Clinton campaign for the work. Sussmann was acquitted earlier this year on one count of making a false statement to the FBI. Tesla CEO Elon Musk addresses guests at the Offshore Northern Seas meeting in Stavanger, Norway, on Aug. 29, 2022. (Carina Johansen / Getty Images) Taibbi said Tuesday that he and another journalist, Bari Weiss, were dealing "with obstacles to new searches" when Weiss discovered that Baker was responsible for releasing the files over the weekend. "The news that Baker was reviewing the 'Twitter files' surprised everyone involved, to say the least," Taibbi tweeted. Must tweeted later on Tuesday that Baker's explanation for his involvement was...

Load Error “In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today,” Musk added that he Baker was previously general counsel for the FBI under former Director James Comey and was a key figure in the Bureau’s investigation into false claims of collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Baker’s exit from the social media giant comes after independent journalist Matt Taibbi © Provided by New York Post Elon Musk announced that he has fired Twitter’s general counsel James Baker for his alleged role in suppressing The Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop.Twitter The “Twitter Files,” as Taibbi called the exposé, included an exchange between Baker and Twitter’s former Vice President of Global Communications Brandon Borrman about the decision to censor the The Post’s reporting. Borrman asks, referring to Twitter’s “hacked materials” policy, “Can we truthfully claim that this is part of the policy?” To which Baker responds, “caution is warranted,” suggesting The Post’s story should be censored. On Tuesday, © Provided by New York Post Musk said he found Baker’s answers about the scandal “unconvincing” while questioning him.Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images “The news that Baker was reviewing the ‘Twitter files’ surprised everyone involved, to say the least. New Twitter chief Elon Musk acted quickly to ‘exit’ Baker Tuesday,” Taibbi Taibbi said that M...

• • • • Elon Musk has fired Twitter’s deputy general counsel, James Baker, over his alleged suppression of internal documents about blocking The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop exposé. “In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today,” Musk Musk added that he Baker, a former top FBI lawyer, was discovered to be secretly vetting the internal Twitter documents before they could be reviewed by journalists, leading to a delay in the release of more material related to the company’s censorship scandal. “On Friday, the first installment of the Twitter files “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,” Taibbi added. Taibbi further revealed that former Wall Street Journal and New York Times writer Bari Weiss is also involved in reviewing the social media giant’s internal documents related to The Post’s Hunter Biden story and that it was she who discovered Baker’s involvement, which Musk was unaware of, according to Taibbi. In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) “The process for producing the ‘Twitter Files’ involved delivery to two journalists (Bari Weiss and me) via ...

Share on email (opens in new window) Former deputy general counsel of Twitter James Baker, former chief legal officer of Twitter Vijaya Gadde, former global head of trust & safety of Twitter Yoel Roth, and former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli testify during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 8. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Republicans used a Wednesday hearing they said was designed to highlight Twitter's role in limiting access to 2020 reporting on President Biden's son to air the party's grievances about tech — while Democrats continuously questioned the point of the session. Driving the news: Three former • Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's former chief legal officer; James Baker, its former deputy general counsel; and . • Gadde and Baker were fired and Roth resigned following The big picture: The hearing was an opportunity for House Republicans to make an argument that tech companies have historically favored Democrats and been unfair to the GOP. • Republicans on the panel attempted to use Twitter's handling of a New York Post article about Hunter Biden as a central example, along with examples of alleged censorship about • Democrats aimed to shift the conversation to foreign misinformation campaigns and the Capitol riot, suggested GOP panel members were intimidating and threatening witnesses and asked why the committee was wasting time on a "conspiracy theory." • They called upon a former Twitter employee and whistleblower, Anika Collier Navaroli, who testified that Tw...

Baker was fired Tuesday after it was discovered that he had vetted the first batch of the "Twitter Files" shared by Substack journalist Matt Taibbi without the knowledge of Twitter's new owner Critics of Baker have highlighted his key role in the FBI's investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election before he was "reassigned" in December 2017 and left the agency in May 2018. Baker was involved in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application to surveil then-Trump campaign aide Carter Page, which heavily relied on the now-discredited Steele dossier that was funded by the Democratic National Committee and Clinton's presidential campaign through the liberal law firm Perkins Coie. OUSTED TWITTER COUNSEL JIM BAKER VETTED 'TWITTER FILES' WITHOUT ELON MUSK'S KNOWLEDGE, MATT TAIBBI REVEALS © Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel and former FBI general counsel Jim Baker Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images Baker was also the FBI official in September 2016 who met with then-Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, who presented data allegedly showing a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and the Russia-based Alfa Bank, something that was debunked upon scrutiny. READ ON THE FOX NEWS APP During Sussmann's trial where he was charged and later acquitted for lying to the FBI about not disclosing his ties t...

Journalist Matt Taibbi © Provided by Fox Business Former FBI general counsel James A. Baker departs United States District Court for the District of Columbia following a full day of giving testimony on May 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Ron Sachs/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP WHISTLEBLOWER SEIZES LONG-AWAITED ‘GLIMMERS’ OF JUSTICE: ‘I’M READY TO GO TO WAR' Load Error Baker was involved in discussions about whether the laptop falls "I support the conclusion that we need more facts to assess whether the materials were hacked," Baker wrote in one email chain. "At this stage, however, it's reasonable for us to assume that they may have been and that caution is warranted." Baker was responding to a Twitter executive who was wondering whether they could "truthfully claim" that the laptop story was "part of the policy." READ ON THE FOX BUSINESS APP ELON MUSK GIVES KANYE WEST THE BOOT FROM TWITTER OVER OFFENSIVE POSTS: ‘I TRIED MY BEST’ Before joining Twitter, Baker also worked as general counsel at the FBI, where he was Attorney Michael Sussmann met with Baker in 2016 and presented "purported data and ‘white papers’ that allegedly demonstrated a covert communicates channel" between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, which is based in Russia. Sussmann was accused of telling Baker that he was not doing work "for any client," but later billing the Hillary Clinton campaign for the work. Sussman was acquitted earlier this year on one count of making a fal...

2023-02-08T10:18:08-05:00 https://images.c-span.org/Files/333/002/1675869645_002.jpg Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker, who previously worked for the FBI, dismisses the idea of a conspiracy and defends his handling of the matter, saying, "I am aware of no unlawful collusion with, or direction from, any government agency or political campaign on how Twitter should have handled the Hunter Biden laptop situation." He also goes on to say that while many many disagree with how the story was handled, he notes that the social media platform and its content management decisions are protected by the First Amendment. Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker, who previously worked for the FBI, dismisses the idea of a conspiracy and defends his… Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker, who previously worked for the FBI, dismisses the idea of a conspiracy and defends his handling of the matter, saying, "I am aware of no unlawful collusion with, or direction from, any government agency or political campaign on how Twitter should have handled the Hunter Biden laptop situation." He also goes on to say that while many many disagree with how the story was handled, he notes that the social media platform and its content management decisions are protected by the First Amendment. People in this video • U.S. Representative [R] North Dakota • U.S. Representative [D] Vermont • U.S. Representative [R] Colorado • U.S. Representative [R] Tennessee • U.S. Representative [...

Disgraced ex-FBI official turned Twitter general counsel Jim Baker signed letter THANKING Bureau officials for convincing social media network Hunter Biden laptop story was fake, latest Twitter Files reveal • The most recent batch of 'Twitter Files' showed how former FBI official and then-lawyer for Twitter Jim Baker helped suppress the Hunter Biden story • Baker and the FBI worked together to convince Twitter that the laptop story was misinformation planted by foreign agents to disrupt the presidential election • After they succeeded in banning The New York Post's reporting on the story, Baker and his team signed a letter thanking the FBI for their efforts By Published: 20:22 BST, 19 December 2022 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 19 December 2022 Disturbing new Twitter Files have revealed how an ex-FBI officer turned Twitter lawyer held a secret one-on-one briefing with the Bureau before pushing the social media network to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story. The revelations from journalist Michael Shellenberger Monday show how the FBI pushed Twitter staffers to receive top-level security clearance in July 2020. They wanted to grant the firm's staffers that access to show what they claimed were threats posed to the November 2020 presidential election by foreign interference. At one point, FBI agent Elvis Chan acted surprised at being reminded that Twitter's general counsel Jim Baker was the FBI's former general counsel, and held that very clearance. On September 15 2020, another ...