Elon Musk says former Twitter general counsel Jim Baker leaving company

Elon Musk said that former Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker was leaving the company on Tuesday after revelations about his role in the platform's handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Baker was involved in discussions about whether or not the laptop falls under Twitter's hacked materials policy.

Baker wrote in an email chain that we need more facts to assess whether the materials were hacked. At this stage, it's reasonable to assume that they may have been and that caution is warranted. Baker was responding to a Twitter executive who was wondering whether they could truthfully state that the laptop story was part of the policy. Before joining Twitter, Baker worked as a general counsel at the FBI, where he was involved in the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., told Fox Friends First on Monday that the House Oversight Committee will likely call Baker and other Twitter executives to testify about their handling of the laptop story.

Comer said that Baker and former Twitter executive Vijaya Gadde are two of the most high-profile Twitter employees that we want to hear from. Before coming before the Oversight Committee in January or February, my advice to them is to get them in front of the oversight committee as soon as possible, because they need to look very hard to find evidence as to why they suppressed this story. Baker could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.