millions of dollars to the social media company. the taxpayer funds were allegedly used to reimburse twitter for what was called processing requests from the fbi. lucas tomlinson has details tonight. fbi officials confirm the agency paid twitter nearly $3.5 million. money critics say was used to help suppress information, including the new york post hunter biden laptop story. author michael shellenberger first reported the payment as part of the so-called twitter files revealing a close working relationship between the fbi and the social media giant. the fbi tells fox news it was part of routine reimbursements for twitter complying with standard legal requests. i m happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since october 2019 reports an associate of jim baker in early 2021. baker, twitter s former deputy general counsel and before that the top fbi lawyer was fired by elon musk for his