The former FBI general counsel, who was instrumental in urging Twitter to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story, is now collaborating with a left-leaning election influence group.
James Baker, known for his involvement in promoting the FBI's investigation into President Trump during the “Russiagate” controversy, is listed as a member of the National Task Force on Election Crises. This group is a branch of the Protect Democracy Project, a legal organization formed to counter Trump's policies, according to InfluenceWatch.
The task force advocates for early and mail-in voting, aims to prevent “cyber or other attacks by foreign adversaries or domestic disrupters,” promotes “pre-canvassing of absentee ballots,” seeks to deter legal election challenges, and supports censorship of specific online election-related speech.
Baker's expertise, as highlighted on the group's website, includes “legal and legislative issues,” “political violence and intimidation,” “foreign and cyber interference,” and “election subversion.”
His experience in legal matters is extensive. While serving as the FBI's lead counsel, he met with Michael Sussmann, who provided information allegedly proving connections between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, a Russian company. Sussmann, later revealed to be working for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, falsely claimed he was acting independently.
Baker's involvement in the FBI's investigation of Trump using Sussmann's erroneous information, as well as his testimony to Congress regarding the false claim of communication between a server at Trump Tower and Alfa Bank, highlights his familiarity with “political violence and intimidation” and “foreign interference.”
Baker also has experience with “cyber interference,” demonstrated by his role in pushing Twitter to censor the New York Post's Hunter Biden laptop story. This story revealed questionable business dealings involving now-President Joe Biden. Baker, then deputy general counsel at Twitter, worked with the FBI to enforce the company's censorship of the story. “I’m guessing that we are going to restrict access to this article as a violation of our Hacked Materials policy but after yesterday I don’t want to assume anything,” Baker wrote in an email on October 15, 2020. Elon Musk later fired Baker for his involvement in promoting regime censorship. “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 posted in 2022.
His involvement with the National Task Force on Election Crises should be alarming. The group aims to hold candidates and their attorneys accountable for pursuing bad-faith legal challenges, continue to pursue accountability for those who committed criminal acts on and leading up to January 6th, and work to counter disinformation about voting options and the validity of election results.
The group includes influential left-wing election figures like Tiana Epps-Johnson, founder of the Center for Tech and Civic Life, and David Becker, founder of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Both organizations channeled substantial funds from Mark Zuckerberg to local election offices in 2020, boosting Democrat turnout.
Other notable members include Amber McReynolds, a governor of the United States Postal Service, and Tammy Patrick, CEO of programs at the National Association of Election Officials. McReynolds' National Vote at Home Institute influenced Michigan election policy, while Patrick, with ties to the Democracy Fund, further supports the group's left-leaning agenda.
