Thread by @mattzap, AG spox tells @seanhannity that Bill Barr has appointed another US Attorney [...]

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”

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

Justice Department calls for inquiry after Trump demands probe into whether FBI ‘infiltrated or...

The rapid move by the Justice Department comes as officials hope to avert a larger showdown over a confidential source.

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

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

Justice Dept. winds down Clinton-related inquiry once championed by Trump. It found nothing of...

U.S. Attorney John Huber was tasked with reviewing the FBI’s work on the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One. He has found nothing worth pursuing, according to people familiar with the matter.

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

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

Barr’s internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Dept.

Trump’s Justice Department has repeatedly tapped outside U.S. attorneys to review the work already done by others on politically sensitive cases.

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

& 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

Justice Dept. moves to drop case against Michael Flynn

The move marks a stunning reversal in the case of the former Army general who was convicted in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. preside...

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

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