Article snippet: Two key advisers to former FBI Director MORE are leaving the bureau. James Baker, who served as the FBI's top lawyer before being reassigned in December under the agency's current director Christopher Wray, resigned on Friday, The New York Times reports. Lisa Page, another FBI official who served as a legal adviser to Comey and his deputy at the bureau, MORE, is also resigning, the Times reported. Baker told the newspaper in an interview that he would be joining the Brookings Institution to write for its Lawfare blog, which is focused on national security. The FBI official was reportedly investigated as part of a Justice Department review into the potential sharing of classified information with reporters, though he has not been charged. Page, meanwhile, has been the focus of GOP ire in recent months after text messages emerged between herself and another FBI official in which they criticized MORE and other political figures. According to the Times, the departures of Page and Baker were not related to one another. Comey told the Times in a statement on his departure that Baker “represents the best of the Department of Justice and the F.B.I.” “He has protected the country and the rule of law throughout his career and leaves an inspiring legacy of service,” he said. “He is what we should all hope our kids become, a person of integrity.” Comey also tweeted on Baker's departure, calling him "a great public servant" whose "integrity and commitment to the rule of law... Link to the full article to read more