Top Twitter lawyer James Baker wanted Trump 'Don't fear COVID' tweet zapped
for a potential Russian hacking situation — that the contents of the laptop were likely inauthentic and foreign election interference, according to a report last week by independent journalist Michael Shellenberger.
The report noted that Baker was “one of the most powerful men in the U.S. intel community,” and had enjoyed stints at CNN, asset management firm Bridgewater and the liberal Brookings Institute think tank, in addition to working at the FBI and DOJ. In addition to his controversial Twitter tenure, Baker was “one of the most powerful men in the U.S. intel community,” a Twitter Files reporter said.Baker had allegedly tried to suppress internal documents that showed he played a role in censoring a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s foreign business deals.
“He has been something of a Zelig of FBI controversies dating back to 2016, from the Steele Dossier to the Alfa-Server mess. He resigned in 2018 after an investigation into leaks to the press,” wrote Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi on Dec. 6. “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,” Taibbi continued.role in the suppression of the Post article.
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