SOURCE: https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/27/politics/a-top-fbi-lawyer-is-allegedly-under-an-investigation-for-leaking-classified-information-to-the-media
Baker is a close confidant of former FBI Director James Comey, and recent media reports suggested he was reportedly advising the then-FBI director on legal matters following private meetings the former director had in February with President Trump in the Oval Office.
Baker was appointed to the FBI's general counsel by Comey in 2014 and has had a long and distinguished history within the intelligence community.
After working as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice during the 1990s, he joined the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review In 1996, according to his FBI bio. (https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/james-a.-baker-appointed-as-fbis-general-counsel).
In 2006 Baker received the George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in counter-terrorism—the CIA’s highest counter-terrorism award, according to his biography.
from the comments at the article:
‘And remember that the entire plot was set in motion by a seminal event of crucial importance that is rarely discussed: after Obama came to power, he FAILED to nominate a permanent inspector general to the State Department. THE ONLY FEDERAL AGENCY WITHOUT ONE!
The motivation was clear: a temporary inspector general did not require Senate confirmation, and a hack and Clinton loyalist was installed for the purposes of ignoring the blatant breaches of State Department requirements concerning email communication. This temporary IG basically sat on it!
A permanent, Senate-confirmed IG was not in place until John Kerry’s tenure at State. And critically, it was this Senate-confirmed, permanent IG that referred the blatant, Clinton email violations to DOJ for prosecution.
Obama and Hillary had acted with malice aforethought without a doubt, and were I President, I would order my AG into my office to notify him that I expected a Grand Jury to be impanneled immediately.
It should be stated there are 3 conspiracies, (1) conspiring to allow DOS email requirements to be flouted, (2) protecting Hillary from prosecution after the referral, (3) conspiring to preemptively bring bogus charges against Trump!’