FBI Director James Comey Jr. turned to a former colleague from Bridgewater Associates L.P. and the George W. Bush administration to serve as the FBI’s general counsel.
James Baker joined the FBI after two years as associate general counsel at the investment firm, where Comey was general counsel from 2010 to 2013, the FBI announced Wednesday. From 1990 to 2007, Baker worked in the U.S. Department of Justice, holding posts in the Criminal Division’s fraud section and the office of intelligence policy and review, which was later absorbed by the National Security Division.
