Twitter’s Musk Fires Former FBI General Counsel James Baker

Twitter’s Musk Fires Former FBI General Counsel James Baker
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a gaming convention in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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Twitter owner Elon Musk has confirmed that James Baker, the company’s deputy general counsel and former FBI general counsel, was “exited” from the company on Dec. 6 amid concern about Baker’s “possible role in suppression of information.”

“In light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today,” Musk wrote on Twitter, without offering any more details on Baker’s exit.

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