Baker testified that he believed McGregor knew him from a previous investigation. Baker said McGregor was the focus of a murder-for-hire investigation involving McGregor and his then son-in-law, Todd Brown.
McGregor's lawyer, Joe Espy, said Brown is involved in a domestic dispute with his ex-wife, McGregor's daughter.
Espy said McGregor did not threaten the agents this morning.
Let's see if we understand this: Of all the FBI agents on the planet, the DOJ had to send one to McGregor's house who he already had reason to dislike and perhaps distrust? That's positively Bushian. And we're supposed to wonder why McGregor might have mouthed off in a mild fashion?
You might think the Obama DOJ would want to distance itself from anything connected to the Siegelman case. But you would be wrong. Consider the many roles Baker played in that fiasco:
* He was the FBI agent that one juror, the one known as "Flipper," reportedly found attractive and asked if he was married;
* He was one of the FBI agents present for numerous meetings with key prosecution witness Nick Bailey. In a sworn statement, Bailey later said that Baker frequently took notes in those meetings, but published reports indicate those notes and others were never turned over to the defense, as required by law;
* He was the FBI agent who, according to DOJ whistleblower Tamarah Grimes, acknowledged that prosecutor Feaga frequently got creative with facts. As we reported in an earlier post:
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