Discussion

• @elonmusk Elon Musk on x

  @mtaibbi In light of concerns about Baker's possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today

• @jack @jack on x

  @elonmusk If the goal is transparency to build trust, why not just release everything without filter and let people judge for themselves? Including all discussions around current and future actions? Make everything public now. #TwitterFiles

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  The scandal here is that Elon Musk discovered who his company's deputy general counsel was six weeks after he purchased it. https://twitter.com/...

• @mtaibbi Matt Taibbi on x

  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.

• @lhfang Lee Fang on x

  Twitter's former top attorney James Baker was formerly an FBI attorney who passed on fake dirt from the Hillary campaign's operatives in 2016, alleging a secret online portal from Russia's Alfa Bank to Trump. Now attempted to shape the “Twitter Files.” https://twitter.com/...

• @ericrweinstein Eric Weinstein on x

  I can't quite believe what I'm reading so let's go slow. The FBI's former attorney was hired by previous Twitter management, and was the one vetting the files to be given to @bariweiss & @mtaibbi that might reveal FBI collusion...and new owner @elonmusk wasn't told any of this???…

• @mtaibbi Matt Taibbi on x

  The process for producing the “Twitter Files” involved delivery to two journalists (Bari Weiss and me) via a lawyer close to new management. However, after the initial batch, things became complicated.

• @ggreenwald Glenn Greenwald on x

  It's a bit difficult to maintain the US Security State had no role in Twitter's censorship regime when *the General Counsel of the FBI* - centrally involved in Russiagate and all sorts of politicized abuses - ended up as Twitter's Deputy General Counsel, with paws in everything. …

• @igb Ian Brown on x

  Jack out here trying to get *every* ex-Tweep doxxed so right-wing tinfoil-hat lunatics can harass them about imaginary conspiracies. https://twitter.com/...

• @mirandadevine Miranda Devine on x

  Honestly, we need a much better explanation than this for the delay Friday @mtaibbi Did Baker covertly intercept and censor the Twitter Files? Did he raise bogus legal objections? What was held back? Will you release all his 10/20 communications? Especially with FBI/DNC/BidenInc.…

• @davidasmanfox David Asman on x

  Only surprise is he wasn't “exited” sooner. Turley would make a fine replacement. https://twitter.com/...

• @kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz on x

  The Twitter Files: Political bias influenced Twitter content policy, a major scandal Twitter Current Day: A partisan owns and runs the company, making unilateral content decisions as he sees fit

• @tedcruz Ted Cruz on x

  Handled https://twitter.com/...

• @benjaminwittes Benjamin Wittes on x

  Here's the thing, though. “Exited” from Twitter or not, @thejimbaker is still an extremely fine person. And Elon Musk is still a raging asshole. So there's that. https://twitter.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Late to this but the funniest part to me is that Elon Musk, who owns and fully controls Twitter and has fired over half the staff, apparently had no idea up until this moment that his top remaining lawyer was Jim Baker? And somehow that's supposed to be Baker's fault? https://twi…

• @mzhemingway Mollie on x

  James Baker, implicated in the Russia Collusion hoax that so damaged the country, now gone from Twitter https://twitter.com/...

• @mtaibbi Matt Taibbi on x

  @bariweiss Baker is a controversial figure. 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.

• @levinejonathan Jon Levine on x

  Musk continues to clean House https://twitter.com/...

• @mtaibbi Matt Taibbi on x

  Six Degrees from James Baker: A Familiar Figure Reemerges With the Release of the Twitter Files - JONATHAN TURLEY https://jonathanturley.org/...

• @hawleymo Josh Hawley on x

  Republicans should call Baker, former FBI lawyer before he went to @Twitter, to testify on possible FBI attempts to coerce @Twitter into election interference https://twitter.com/...