Journalist Matt Taibbi, who first broke the news about Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files,” revealed that the company’s general counsel “investigated” what information was shared without the new boss’ knowledge.
Musk announced Tuesday that deputy general counsel Jim Baker had been fired “in light of concerns about Baker’s possible role in suppressing information critical to public communications.”
And when a Twitter user asked if Baker was able to explain himself, Musk replied, “His explanation was … unbelievable.”
After some time, Taibbi named his Twitter page “Additional for Twitter files”.
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Recently fired Twitter Deputy General Counsel and former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker.
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“The first batch of Twitter files was released here on Friday. We had expected to release more over the weekend. Many wondered why there was a delay,” Taibbi tweeted. “Now we can tell you part of the reason why. On Tuesday, Twitter Deputy General Counsel (and former FBI general counsel) Jim Baker was fired. Among the reasons? Examining the first batch of ‘Twitter files’ — without the knowledge of new management. .”
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Taibbi explained: “The production process for ‘Twitter Files’ involved delivering it to two journalists (Barry Weiss and myself) through a lawyer close to the new management. But after the initial set, things got complicated. Dam both of us in the next few days. While dealing with obstacles for new searches, @BariWeiss discovered that the person responsible for releasing the files was a person named Jim. When he called to ask for the last name “Jim”, the answer came: “Jim Baker.”
“My jaw hit the floor,” Weiss said, according to Taibbi.
The Substack writer then shared a screenshot of the first set of files he and Weiss obtained, titled “Spectra Baker Emails.”
“Baker is a controversial figure. He has been the subject of controversy since 2016 in everything from the FBI’s Steel dossier to the Alpha Server mess. He was arrested in 2018 after an investigation into leaks to the press. resigned,” Taibbi said in an interview. followers. The news that Baker was looking into the ‘Twitter files’ came as a surprise, to say the least. Twitter’s new chief, Elon Musk, moved quickly to ‘exit’ Baker on Tuesday.
“Reporters continued to dig through the Twitter Files – a lot of it – today. The next installment of the ‘Twitter Files’ comes @bariweiss. Stay tuned,” Taibbi teased.
Weiss later added, “It’s been quite the weekend.”
Journalist Matt Taibbi leaked the “Twitter Files” at the same time on Friday.
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Baker appeared in the first episode, titled “Twitter Files,” shared by Taibbi on Friday night.
Revealing the internal debate over how to explain Twitter’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election, Baker told his colleagues, “I support the conclusion that we need more facts to assess whether the material was compromised.” said, but “it is reasonable for us”. should be assumed and cautious.”
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Taibbi’s theme is the same way that decisions to censor New York Post stories “were made at the highest levels of the company, but without the knowledge of CEO Jack Dorsey, with former head of legal, policy and trust Vijaya Gadde playing a key role.”
In addition, while Taibbi initially recalled that “several sources heard about a ‘general’ warning from federal law enforcement that summer about possible foreign hacking, what I’ve seen – about government involvement in the laptop incident there is no evidence.” It’s unclear whether Baker’s involvement in the investigation of the “Twitter Files” led Taibbi to reach this conclusion, or whether Baker missed files that showed the federal government’s involvement in suppressing Twitter’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Elon Musk has wasted little time making his mark on Twitter since taking over in October.
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Musk said that when it comes to Twitter’s past and present actions, it will be transparent about the selection of content on the platform, including censored content.
Twitter banned its users from sharing the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in tweets and direct messages.
At the time, Twitter Safety claimed the articles violated its “infringing content policy.” Twitter’s CEO at the time, Jack Dorsey, admitted his company’s actions were a mistake.
Many critics believe that the suppression of the Hunter Biden scandal by Big Tech and the media in general was enough to tip the election in his father’s favor.