James Baker was hired as deputy head legal counsel in 2020 (six months before the election) by then general counsel Sean Edgett - who was temporarily replacing chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde (remember her?) who was on maternity leave.
Both Edgett and Gadde were fired by Musk in October 2022.
Baker didn’t have to “develop” anything. He was placed into his position, at the top, by fellow travelers, to do a particular job in 2020.
As a side note - I am more and more struck how incredibly ballsy Elon Musk is to take on these people. If it were Russia, he would have been poisoned already. I have no doubt the FBI/Deep State have a similar fate planned for him.
Nor did he have to confer with anyone at the FBI, he knew what he had to do.
Yes very true. Musk must have balls made of alloy steel.