‘Unmasking’ probe commissioned by Barr quietly concludes without charges or any public report

[Crtcl Rice Theory 2,432]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-unmasking-review-no-charges/2020/10/13/0f63fd2e-0d67-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html

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 Bash’s 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 FBI’s 2016 investigation of his campaign will not be issuing any public findings before the election.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

Told people to keep low expectations. These federal bureaus may have oversight divisions in name but they work in tandem against accountability. 

 

Wonder how many times people like Charlie Kirk and co monetized the Republican version of "Mueller Time" and were like "Here comes Barr/Durham/etc". The default position is there's no accountability until they prove it. 

[Dashinka 24,736]

The only real benefit of this is the media stories about it and people will make up their own minds.  Hillary was never indicted although most rational people could see that others doing less severe things were indicted and convicted, so the conclusion is insiders are protected and know how best to game the system.  In the end, a lot of lawyers in DC are getting very rich, but they tend to support the Left, so that is ok because they want to pay more taxes if only the Feds would raise them.