Baker on tips to the FBI: 'We take it seriously, but we vet it.'
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Former FBI general counsel James Baker talks with Rachel Maddow about how the FBI treats unsolicited tips, taking them seriously but vetting them thoroughly, and why Donald Trump's attacks and conspiracy theories about that process could have a dangerous, discouraging effect.May 11, 2019
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