Being written day by day...
10-4 A huge novel...like war and peace with some Columbo twists and turns....I wonder if it will have a chapter like the French Revolution....I’ve been waiting patiently for the ending..
Except it isn't. He was caught leaking and allowed to resign instead of facing disciplinary action. Which, it's a bad look for the General Counsel for the FBI to be "under heavy manners".
He "resigned" on the same day as Lisa Page - another person who was going to be put through the ringer if she stayed, and probably eventually fired like her boyfriend and co-conspirator Peter Strzok was, but instead, they resigned.
Having worked at a high level in Corportate America I can tell you that such "near firings" are pretty common, and one of the things that is routine is to present or leak it in such a way that the smell of the manure sticks to the person "resigning".
For intance: A big restatement of earnings due to fraudulent accounting are announced in the same press release as the CEO "resigning". Everyone knows what that means.
So when Baker was lumped together with the most visible nut-and-slut of Russiagate, Lisa Page, that wasn't a "coincidence", that was a permanent marker being applied by someone skilled in the FBI. (Maybe even a hidden patriot, sick of the place but waiting to retire or something.)
Here it is:
CNN: FBI officials Lisa Page and James Baker resign
CNN: Peter Strzok Fired by the FBI
Here is the offical co-conspirator's journal, the N.Y.Times trying to spin and soften this for their quisling buddies:
2 F.B.I. Officials, Once Key Advisers to Comey, Leave the Bureau
As usual you have to go the right-wing alternative press to get any clear accounting of all this. Here's one that lays it out straight: