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AG spox tells @seanhannity that Bill Barr has appointed another US Attorney to probe issue of interest to POTUS. At Barr request, @USAttyBash will look at “unmasking.” AG spox notes unmasking “inherently isn’t wrong,” but “frequency” & “reasoning behind unmasking” can problematic
In total for Trump admin...
US Atty Huber tapped to investigate Clinton & other GOP concerns
US Atty Durham to investigate Russia investigators
US Attys Donoghue & Brady to handle Ukraine/Giuliani
US Atty Jensen to probe Flynn & other DC cases
US Atty Bash to explore “unmasking”
US Atty Huber tapped to investigate Clinton & other GOP concerns
US Atty Durham to investigate Russia investigators
US Attys Donoghue & Brady to handle Ukraine/Giuliani
US Atty Jensen to probe Flynn & other DC cases
US Atty Bash to explore “unmasking”
This doesn’t count, after public Trump request, expansion of Justice Dept. IG investigation of Russia probe https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-calls-for-inquiry-after-trump-demands-probe-into-whether-fbi-infiltrated-or-surveilled-his-campaign/2018/05/20/636a05a0-5c7d-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...
Huber’s probe, we know, effectively ended with a whimper... https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/justice-dept-winds-down-clinton-related-inquiry-once-championed-by-trump-it-found-nothing-of-consequence/2020/01/09/ca83932e-32f9-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...
But these investigations are demoralizing for those inside the department, who fear that any sensitive investigation they do — especially those involving Trump associates — will be forever second guessed https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barrs-internal-reviews-and-re-investigations-feed-resentment-suspicion-inside-justice-dept/2020/02/15/7007695a-5029-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...
& they could have real impacts. Jensen, for example, recommended the Flynn case be dropped. AG spox said tonight (in explaining how DOJ will press its position w/ appeals court) that Jensen told AG no US Attorney “in the country” would prosecute Flynn case https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/justice-dept-moves-to-void-michael-flynns-conviction-in-muellers-russia-probe/2020/05/07/9bd7885e-679d-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/leg...
