Former top FBI lawyer, James Baker, who now serves as Twitter’s deputy general counsel, has had a spotlight thrown on him after billionaire Elon Musk, who recently negotiated a deal to buy Twitter, responded to comments about Baker’s past actions during the FBI’s Russia investigation in 2016.
On April 26, a day after Musk reportedly reached an agreement with Twitter, filmmaker Mike Cernovich said on Twitter that Baker, during his time as FBI general counsel, “personally arranged a meeting” with cybersecurity lawyer Michael Sussmann, who was at the time working for the Clinton campaign.
“In this meeting, Sussmann presented fabricated evidence in the Alfa bank matter,” Cernovich said.
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