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Musk says Twitter lawyer fired amid Hunter Biden laptop dispute

Elon Musk has announced he fired Twitter’s deputy general counsel over concerns the high-ranking executive tried to suppress information about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy [File: Susan Walsh/AP]

Elon Musk said he “exited” Twitter’s deputy general counsel over concerns the high-ranking executive tried to suppress information about the social media platform’s handling of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.

Musk, who bought Twitter last month for $44bn, said in a tweet on Tuesday he pushed out James Baker, the FBI’s top lawyer before joining the social media giant in 2020, over his “possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue”.

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