Elon Musk Fires Former Twitter Counsel Jim Baker for Alleged Role in Suppressing Twitter Files

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said today that former Twitter deputy general counsel Jim Baker was fired for allegedly suppressing info “important to the public dialogue.”

Reporter Matt Taibbi noted on Tuesday that former Twitter deputy general counsel Jim Baker was fired. Taibbi said that one of the reasons Musk fired him was for “vetting the first batch of ‘Twitter Files’ without knowledge of new management,” which would presumably include Musk.

Taibbi explained that the process by which he and reporter Bari Weiss reported on the Twitter Files came from a lawyer close with Twitter’s new management; however, Weiss was shocked to find out that Baker was in charge of releasing the files.