Posted on 12/05/2022 9:13:39 AM PST by Red Badger
According to the “Twitter Files” released by Elon Musk and journalist Matt Taibbi, the same FBI agent who played a crucial role in conducting illegal surveillance on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign also played a part in censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election.
As reported by the Daily Caller, the files posted by Taibbi with Musk’s approval revealed many more key details about the process by which Twitter systematically censored conservative viewpoints, leading up to the banning of the New York Post’s story in October of 2020 just days before the election, even despite dissent from within and from Democratic lawmakers.
FBI agent James Baker, who in 2020 was Twitter’s Deputy General Counsel, claimed after the Post story first came out that it was “reasonable to assume” that the materials from Hunter’s laptop “may have been” hacked, and thus had to be banned under Twitter’s policy against sharing content that had been hacked or stolen.
“I support the conclusion that we need more facts to assess whether the materials were hacked. At this stage, however, it is reasonable for us to assume that they may have been and that caution is warranted,” Baker wrote in an email at the time, the text of which was posted by Taibbi. “There are some facts that indicate that the materials may have been hacked, while there are others indicating that the computer was either abandoned and/or the owner consented to allow the repair shop to access it for at least some purposes.”
But several years prior, while serving as general counsel for the FBI, Baker was the one who personally reviewed the FBI’s FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) warrant against Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Although Baker’s superiors were initially reluctant to approve such a warrant due to the lack of evidence, the warrant was ultimately approved several months later after former British spy Christopher Steele submitted his now-debunked dossier claiming collusion between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Baker has since defended the Steele dossier, even despite being completely discredited, claiming that “When a source shows up with a big stack of information, as in this case, you go to work. It came in from what appears to be a reliable source. He gives you all this information. Go to work. Try to validate it.”
Baker eventually fell under investigation himself by the Department of Justice after allegations arose that he had been sharing classified information with reporters. He resigned a disgrace in 2018, before being hired by Twitter in 2020.
Prosecute this dude to the fullest extent of the law.
Absolutely NO COINCIDENCE, Right, Right????
AMERICA – WHERE NO ONE IMPORTANT TO THE DEMOCRAT PARTY GETS PUNISHED
When the Democrats go to jail then I can say in my heart of hearts there is justice. Until then, it almost doesn’t matter who you vote for or donate to... That should be a precondition to electing GOP: who are they going to put in jail first. And if they don’t find someone who can get the job done... Don’t vote or donate.
When crime isn’t punished, you get more crime.
Welp, I reckon we now know who’s going to get thrown under the bus. He was just a rogue agent, you know, and doesn’t represent the millions of loyal people in the agency. And the carousel just keeps turning.
Coincidence.
These bastards should all be swinging.
THE FIB HAS BECOME A VERY CORRUPT ORGANIZATION AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION..
This crap goes on, and on, and on, and no one ever goes to JAIL. If it were up to me, I would apply rope justice and this crap would stop.
My recommendations for addressing the FBI:
The FBI has no authority over state and local police.
FBI agents must turn in their guns.
The FBI should be renamed as the KGB. Letterhead and badges should reflect this change.
I heard this morning that Baker is still General Counsel at Twitter. What!!! Everyone needs to take to Twitter, et al, and demand his firing.
Here’s a cool name for a Jackson Browne tune, “Nazis In The FBI”.
Running on empty brains................
If I had to guess I would think this is a Ted Bundy situation. All we need is a Spider Savage and a Colorado jail to keep this psychopath on the loose!
Time for the House to defund the entire FBI in the next budget, force it to close and either move forward with a new law enforcement agency or do without.
Prosecute? Ha, he will probably be promoted. If you wondered why Biden kept Wray this kind of BS will give you a clue.
People are afraid of the power of FBI agents. That’s what makes this government intimidation
^^This^^
Bring the receipts!
So the media is going to pretend the blame for this falls on one man? Lol. Sure, why not? It’s James Bakers fault! He will be reprimanded, scandal solved and declared over.
It should be abundantly clear that a lot of FBI employees deserve to be in prison and the entire FBI shuttered with no employee ever allowed to work in government. The latter can occur by freezing new hires while the selective parts of government are defunded and shuttered.
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