By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
James Baker, the former top attorney for the FBI, has joined Twitter as the social media company’s new deputy general counsel.
Twitter’s general counsel, Sean Edgett, tweeted the announcement Monday.
“Thrilled to welcome @thejimbaker to @Twitter as Deputy General Counsel,” Edgett said. Jim is committed to our core principles of an open internet and freedom of expression, and brings experience navigating complex, global issues with a principled approach.”
Thrilled to welcome @thejimbaker to @Twitter as Deputy General Counsel. Jim is committed to our core principles of an open internet and freedom of expression, and brings experience navigating complex, global issues with a principled approach.
— Sean Edgett (@edgett) June 15, 2020
The move is certain to infuriate Trump. As general counsel for the FBI during the bureau’s investigation of Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, Baker played an integral role in the probe, which the president has called a “witch hunt.”
Baker, whom The Washington Post described as “one of the most trusted, longest-serving national security officials in the government,” was reassigned in December 2017. Baker resigned from the FBI in May 2018 and joined the Brookings Institute.
Trump has clashed with Twitter when the social media company began fact-checking some of his tweets.
