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Elon Musk’s latest “Twitter Files” drop has left more liberal journalists fuming, after the new Twitter owner unexpectedly fired former FBI General Counsel James Baker from the company in developments revealed Tuesday.
Substack journalist Matt Taibbi announced that the drop of internal documents was delayed due to discovering that Baker had been “vetting” the documents beforehand, without Musk’s knowledge.
The former FBI official expressed support for censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story in the first set of Twitter Files Taibbi released last week. While at the bureau, Baker worked under former Director James Comey and played a key role in the Russia collusion investigation involving Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
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Musk wrote on Twitter, “In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today.”
The news prompted a variety of reactions online. Conservative pundits cheered Musk for “cleaning house” while Republicans called for Baker to testify before Congress.
But some liberal media figures saw nothing wrong with Baker’s involvement in looking over the documents that detailed how the company chose to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story in October of 2020.
Mother Jones reporter Dan Friedman suggested Baker was “just a guy with a tough job” who was unfairly maligned.
“Jim Baker was involved in various controversies because he was the FBI’s general counsel. Is he “something of a Zelig” or just a guy with a tough job? Baker has been the subject of mch innuedo like this, but not been found to have leaked anything.”
Former Twitter Deputy General Counsel and former FBI general counsel Jim Baker
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ELON MUSK FIRES TWITTER LAWYER JIM BAKER, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN CENSORING HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP AND…
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