'Unmasking' probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report
Source: WaPo
The federal prosecutor appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents has completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing, according to people familiar with the matter.
The revelation that U.S. Attorney John Bash, who left the department last week, had concluded his review without criminal charges or any public report will rankle President Trump at a moment when he is particularly upset at the Justice Department. The department has so far declined to release the results of Bashs work, though people familiar with his findings say they would likely disappoint conservatives who have tried to paint the unmasking of names a common practice in government to help understand classified documents as a political conspiracy.
The president in recent days has pressed federal law enforcement to move against his political adversaries and complained that a different prosecutor tapped by Barr to investigate the FBIs 2016 investigation of his campaign will not be issuing any public findings before the election.
Legal analysts feared Bashs review was yet another attempt by Trumps Justice Department to target political opponents of the president. Even if it ultimately produced no results of consequence, legal analysts said, it allowed Trump and other conservatives to say Obama-era officials were under scrutiny, as long as the case stayed active.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-unmasking-review-no-charges/2020/10/13/0f63fd2e-0d67-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html
underpants
(182,942 posts)I was just about to post this.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)erronis
(15,373 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)voter fraud investigation by Kris Kobach. Trump has disappointed his MAGAt sycophants so often I'm surprised they aren't turning on him yet.
erronis
(15,373 posts)After georgie W, raygun, poppie bush, not-a-crook nixon.
There's always the undergrowth. gingrich, delay, some-cheney, abramov, etc.
Oh, I forgot the subterranean: cruz, rubio, etc.