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===Corn and Steele===
===Corn and Steele===
[[File:Pientka in Swat gear.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Joseph Pientka in SWAT gear.<ref>https://uncoverdc.com/2022/05/24/flynn-fisa-pientka-resurfaces/</ref>]]
In 2017, Sinclair-owned ''Circa News'' reported that Baker was under a Department of Justice [[criminal]] investigation for allegedly leaking classified national security information concerning the [[Trump administration]] to the media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/26/politics/james-a-baker-fbi-general-counsel-is-allegedly-under-an-investigation-for-leaking-classified-information-to-the-media|title=EXCLUSIVE: A top FBI lawyer is allegedly under an investigation for leaking classified information to the media|access-date=|date=July 27, 2017|language=en|work=Circa News}}</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/trump-dossier-fbi-james-baker-david-corn-mother-jones-316157</ref>
In 2017, Sinclair-owned ''Circa News'' reported that Baker was under a Department of Justice [[criminal]] investigation for allegedly leaking classified national security information concerning the [[Trump administration]] to the media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/26/politics/james-a-baker-fbi-general-counsel-is-allegedly-under-an-investigation-for-leaking-classified-information-to-the-media|title=EXCLUSIVE: A top FBI lawyer is allegedly under an investigation for leaking classified information to the media|access-date=|date=July 27, 2017|language=en|work=Circa News}}</ref><ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/trump-dossier-fbi-james-baker-david-corn-mother-jones-316157</ref>
Baker said he either knew or assumed at the time that Corn had gotten the dossier from [[Fusion GPS]] co-founder [[Glenn Simpson]], whom [[Christopher Steele]] worked for.
Baker said he either knew or assumed at the time that Corn had gotten the dossier from [[Fusion GPS]] co-founder [[Glenn Simpson]], whom [[Christopher Steele]] worked for.
The FBI used the news media as alleged "corroborating evidence" they presented to the [[FISA court]] as supposed independent investigation results which, in fact, came from the same source - the foreign agent Christopher Steele.<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/410447-former-fbi-lawyer-plot-to-record-remove-trump-not-a-joke</ref>
The FBI used the news media as alleged "corroborating evidence" they presented to the [[FISA court]] as supposed independent investigation results which, in fact, came from the same source - the foreign agent Christopher Steele.<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/410447-former-fbi-lawyer-plot-to-record-remove-trump-not-a-joke</ref>