{"id":1787311,"date":"2022-12-26T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787311"},"modified":"2022-12-26T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T02:13:14","slug":"see-it-the-trump-tweet-that-ex-fbi-lawyer-jim-baker-said-should-be-a-violation-of-covid-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-the-trump-tweet-that-ex-fbi-lawyer-jim-baker-said-should-be-a-violation-of-covid-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE IT: Ex-FBI Lawyer Jim Baker slammed Trump&#8217;s tweet as a violation of COVID policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsee-it-the-trump-tweet-that-ex-fbi-lawyer-jim-baker-said-should-be-a-violation-of-covid-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> Former General Counselor of the FBI (and former Twitter Deputy General Counsel) James Baker reportedly assisted in the effort to stifle any dissenting voices when it came to COVID-19 \u2014 even, or perhaps especially, when the dissenting voice belonged to then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent dump from the ongoing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/latest-twitter-files-reveal-biden-admin-push-against-covid-19-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Files<\/a>\u201d series, David Zweig reported that Twitter had actively moved to suppress or suspend accounts that did not fall in line with the approved messaging on COVID-19 \u2014 and that both the Trump administration and even more so the Biden administration had actively encouraged that.<\/p>\n<p>But Zweig also reported on Monday that Baker \u2014 who, at the time <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edgett\/status\/1272672653841580032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was working for<\/a> the social media giant \u2014 had specifically raised a question with the Twitter Trust &#038; Safety Team about a tweet from Trump that he thought should have been flagged as a violation of COVID policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a surreal exchange, Jim Baker, at the time Twitter\u2019s Deputy General Counsel, asks why telling people to not be afraid wasn\u2019t a violation of Twitter\u2019s Covid-19 misinformation policy,\u201d Zweig tweeted, sharing a snapshot of the email Baker sent. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/former-twitter-safety-chief-admits-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-was-a-mistake-elon-musk-says-previous-ownership-interfered-in-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoel Roth<\/a> Stacia and Stacia Carille<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">34. In a surreal exchange, Jim Baker, at the time Twitter\u2019s Deputy General Counsel, asks why telling people to not be afraid wasn\u2019t a violation of Twitter\u2019s Covid-19 misinformation policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxvOKcvaT7\">pic.twitter.com\/SxvOKcvaT7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Zweig (@davidzweig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidzweig\/status\/1607390165370109953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">34. In a surreal exchange, Jim Baker, at the time Twitter\u2019s Deputy General Counsel, asks why telling people to not be afraid wasn\u2019t a violation of Twitter\u2019s Covid-19 misinformation policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxvOKcvaT7\">pic.twitter.com\/SxvOKcvaT7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Zweig (@davidzweig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidzweig\/status\/1607390165370109953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy isn\u2019t this POTUS tweet a violation of our COVID-19 policy (especially the \u2018Don\u2019t be afraid of COVID\u201d statement?\u201d Baker asked.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet Baker referenced was one Trump fired off on October 5, 2020 \u2014 just before he was scheduled to be released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center after receiving treatment for COVID himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 p.m.,\u201d Trump tweeted. \u201cFeeling really good! Don\u2019t be afraid of COVID. Don\u2019t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump administration, some really great drugs &#038; knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the Trump tweet that former FBI general counsel and then-Twitter deputy general counsel Jim Baker was suggesting was a violation of Twitter\u2019s COVID-19 policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfzN4I5q3e\">https:\/\/t.co\/TfzN4I5q3e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grtSSN8w2t\">pic.twitter.com\/grtSSN8w2t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Christmas \ud83c\udf85\ud83c\udffc\ud83c\udf84 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1607399376959201281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the Trump tweet that former FBI general counsel and then-Twitter deputy general counsel Jim Baker was suggesting was a violation of Twitter\u2019s COVID-19 policy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TfzN4I5q3e\">https:\/\/t.co\/TfzN4I5q3e<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/grtSSN8w2t\">pic.twitter.com\/grtSSN8w2t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1607399376959201281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Zweig shared Roth\u2019s response to Baker as well, in which the former head of Twitter Trust &#038; Safety had to explain to a former FBI lawyer that Trump was simply expressing optimism \u2014 and that was not the same as spreading misinformation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">35. Yoel Roth, Twitter\u2019s former head of Trust &#038; Safety, had to explain that optimism wasn\u2019t misinformation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pj8uvzWR1\">pic.twitter.com\/1pj8uvzWR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Zweig (@davidzweig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidzweig\/status\/1607390483696979968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">35. Yoel Roth, Twitter\u2019s former head of Trust &amp; Safety, had to explain that optimism wasn\u2019t misinformation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1pj8uvzWR1\">pic.twitter.com\/1pj8uvzWR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Zweig (@davidzweig) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidzweig\/status\/1607390483696979968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tweet is a broad, optimistic statement,\u201d Roth wrote. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t incite people to do something harmful, nor does it recommend against taking precautions or following mask directives (or other guidelines).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roth appeared to leave the door open for Baker to present a different take, however, explaining that while it didn\u2019t exactly \u201cfall within the published scope\u201d of Twitter\u2019s policies on the topic, he was \u201ccurious\u201d As to whether Baker had \u201ca different read on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former General Counselor of the FBI (and former Twitter Deputy General Counsel) James Baker reportedly assisted in the effort to stifle any dissenting voices when it came to COVID-19 \u2014 even, or perhaps especially, when the dissenting voice belonged to then-President Donald Trump. According to the most recent dump in the ongoing \u201cTwitter Files\u201d series, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1890752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"SEE IT: The Trump Tweet That Ex-FBI Lawyer Jim Baker Said Should Be A Violation Of COVID Policy","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6962,7860,4127,6202,11460,7454,6239,4742,4326,4048,10874,3818,5151,3693,3634,3794,5293,6569,6195],"class_list":["post-1787311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-the","tag-baker","tag-covid","tag-daily","tag-ex-fbi","tag-it","tag-jim","tag-lawyer","tag-policy","tag-said","tag-see","tag-should","tag-slammed","tag-that","tag-trump","tag-trumps","tag-tweet","tag-violation","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"SEE IT: The Trump Tweet That Ex-FBI Lawyer Jim Baker Said Should Be A Violation Of COVID Policy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}