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Baker has been featured repeatedly in the Russian investigations launched by the Justice Department, including the hoax involving the Russian Alfa Bank. When Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann wanted to plant the bizarre false claim of a secret communications channel between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, Baker was his go-to, speed-dial contact. (Baker would later testify at Sussmann’s trial). Baker’s name also appeared prominently in controversies related to the other Russian-related FBI allegations against Trump. He was effectively forced out due to his role and reportedly found himself under criminal investigation. He became a defender of the Russian investigations despite findings of biased and even criminal conduct. He was also a frequent target of Donald Trump on social media, including Twitter. Baker responded with public criticism of Trump for his “false narratives.”

After leaving the FBI, Twitter seemed eager to hire Baker as deputy general counsel. Ironically, Baker soon became involved in another alleged back channel with a presidential campaign. This time it was Twitter that maintained the non-public channels with the Biden campaign (and later the White House). Baker soon weighed in with the same signature bias that characterized the Russian investigations.

Weeks before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post ran an explosive story about a laptop abandoned by Hunter Biden that contained emails and records detailing a multimillion dollar influence peddling operation by the Biden family. Not only was Joe Biden’s son Hunter and brother James involved in deals with an array of dubious foreign figures, but Joe Biden was referenced as the possible recipient of funds from these deals.

The Bidens had long been accused of influence peddling, nepotism, and other forms of corruption. Moreover, the campaign was not denying that the laptop was Hunter Biden’s and key emails could be confirmed from the other parties involved. However, at the request of the “Biden team” and Democratic operatives, Twitter moved to block the story. It even suspended those who tried to share the allegations with others, including the White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who was suspended for linking to the scandal.

Even inside Twitter, the move raised serious concerns over the company serving as a censor for the Biden campaign. Global Comms Brandon Borrman who asked if the company could “truthfully claim that this is part of the policy” for barring posts and suspending users.

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Dec 6
Last night on our show, we dissected the mentality of people like Twitter execs Vijaya Gadde and @yoyoel to see why these people really believe they should censor what information you can get: up today.

But first: @TimJDillon has a great breakdown of their sociopathic arrogance:

A little bit of sunlight is painful to those living in the dark

The people who:

☢️ created a weaponized chimera virus;

🚩 blocked access to safe & effective medicines;

☠️ forced you to take the most toxic shot ever invented;

🤥 while running the largest censorship, propaganda, & surveillance system in history...

🤡 want you to think that “Elon Musk is a threat to democracy!?”

I can't see it. Can somebody explain it to me?

The JournaList Talking Point: Taibbi sold out to do PR for the Richest Man in the World.

Following https://twitter.com/drefanzor?ref_src=patrick.net now! Thanks for the tip YoelTraitor

Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Dec 9
1. THREAD: The Twitter Files
THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Part One: October 2020-January 6th
Dec 9, 2022 · 11:04 PM UTC · Twitter Web App

Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Dec 9
2. The world knows much of the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th...
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Dec 9
3. We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before J6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies.
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Dec 9
4. This first installment covers the period before the election through January 6th. Tomorrow, @Shellenbergermd will detail the chaos inside Twitter on January 7th. On Sunday, @BariWeiss will reveal the secret internal communications from the key date of January 8th.

What's fake? The drefanzor account is real.

Patrick says

https://babylonbee.com/news/jack-dorsey-defiantly-states-he-has-never-heard-of-twitter