Chief Twit Musk also said that Baker’s explanation regarding the events surrounding the laptop expose was “unconvincing.”
Elon Musk has fired Twitter’s deputy general counsel James A. Baker on allegations of involvement in the suppression of releasing internal documents regarding Twitter’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Chief Twit Musk also said that Baker’s explanation regarding the events surrounding the laptop expose was “unconvincing.”
“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 tweeted on Tuesday confirming Baker’s departure from the company following the internal investigation. Musk added that he questioned Baker several times before firing him from the post.
According to journalist Matt Taibbi, who on Friday released the first round of internal documents pertaining to the Hunter scandal, Baker was let go in part for “vetting the first batch of ‘Twitter Files’ – without knowledge of new management.”
Additionally, on Tuesday, Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky wrote to Baker requesting that he come before the House Oversight Committee in 2019 when the GOP is expected to regain control of the House.
Baker previously served as general counsel for the FBI under former Director James Comey and was a crucial player in the bureau’s investigation into false claims of collaboration between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Baker collaborated with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, two vehemently anti-Trump FBI agents, during his time there. He apparently discovered himself under criminal investigation for allegedly leaking information to journalists after leaving the department in 2018.
