Former FBI general counsel Jim Baker said the Mueller report outlined a “pattern of corruption” within the Trump administration
Former FBI general counsel Jim Baker said Friday he's troubled by obstruction allegations outlined in the Mueller report, explaining that even if there isn't a possibility of charging President Donald Trump, there still appears to be a "pattern of corruption."
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.when he said not investigating the interactions between Trump's campaign and Russian foreign agents would have gone against the FBI's duty. "Given the fact we have been focused on the Russians as a threat actor for a long, long time and given what was going on with respective e-mail dumps and hacking and the connection with those to the Russians in that summer and then this thing drops," Baker said. "I think it would've been malpractice, dereliction of duty, that it would have even been highly, highly inappropriate for us not to pursue it — and pursue it aggressively.
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