Former top FBI lawyer James Baker subject of criminal media leak probe, transcript reveals

Fox News ^ | 16 JAN 2019 | Catherine Herridge

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The former top lawyer at the FBI has been under federal investigation for leaking to the media, a letter from House Republicans revealed Tuesday.

The letter from GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows cited the transcript of a congressional interview with former General Counsel James Baker and his lawyer last fall, where the probe conducted by seasoned U.S. Attorney John Durham was confirmed.

“You may or may not know, [Baker has] been the subject of a leak investigation … a criminal leak investigation that’s still active at the Justice Department,” lawyer Daniel Levin told lawmakers, as he pushed back on questions about his client’s conversations with reporters.

Jordan and Meadows’ letter was sent to Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, and requested additional information about the probe later this month.

"As we continue our oversight and investigative work, we felt it prudent to write to you seeking an update. Without being apprised of the contours of your leak investigation and Baker’s role, we run the risk of inadvertently interfering with your prosecutorial plans," they wrote.

A source familiar with the U.S. Attorney investigation told Fox News they believe the investigation of Baker remains opens, adding they understand it began during the Obama administration and not in the course of the Russia investigation.

The transcript of the closed-door interview and the letter do not include details explaining why the investigation is being led out of the Connecticut office. The status of the investigation is not publicly known.

But the disclosure marks the latest confirmation of a leak investigation involving FBI figures who have since left the bureau.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Leakers gotta leak.

[crz]

This isnt the one who used to be GHW Bushes sec of state?

[Chad N. Freud]

Hey, Fox:

“Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows cited the transcript of a[n] . . . interview with . . . Baker . . . last fall, where the probe . . . was confirmed. “

You want to clarify?

[yesthatjallen]

Collusion bombshell: DNC lawyers met with FBI on Russia allegations before surveillance warrant

John Solomon

Congressional investigators have confirmed that a top FBI official met with Democratic Party lawyers to talk about allegations of Donald Trump-Russia collusion weeks before the 2016 election, and before the bureau secured a search warrant targeting Trump’s campaign.

Former FBI general counsel James Baker met during the 2016 season with at least one attorney from Perkins Coie, the Democratic National Committee’s private law firm.

That’s the firm used by the DNC and Hillary Clinton’s campaign to secretly pay research firm Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence operative, to compile a dossier of uncorroborated raw intelligence alleging Trump and Moscow were colluding to hijack the presidential election.

[yesthatjallen]

Sorry. Wrong link

Collusion bombshell: DNC lawyers met with FBI on Russia allegations before surveillance warrant

John Solomon

Congressional investigators have confirmed that a top FBI official met with Democratic Party lawyers to talk about allegations of Donald Trump-Russia collusion weeks before the 2016 election, and before the bureau secured a search warrant targeting Trump’s campaign.

Former FBI general counsel James Baker met during the 2016 season with at least one attorney from Perkins Coie, the Democratic National Committee’s private law firm.

That’s the firm used by the DNC and Hillary Clinton’s campaign to secretly pay research firm Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence operative, to compile a dossier of uncorroborated raw intelligence alleging Trump and Moscow were colluding to hijack the presidential election.

[shelterguy]

This isnt the one who used to be GHW Bushes sec of state?
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He’d be about 100 years old..........so it could be.
The Deep State runs old.

[Gator113]

They should be slowly hanged by the neck until they quit wiggling.

[rigelkentaurus]

Let me guess, the DoJ will never quite get around to charging him. And, even if they do, they will quickly settle with the perp for something that is not quite as severe as a parking ticket in a small town.

[onyx]

Right.
Not, GHWB good friend.

[onyx]

SERIOUS CRIME.