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Barr appoints US attorney to investigate ‘unmasking’ requests by Obama officials

By Jerry Dunleavy
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Barr appoints US attorney to investigate ‘unmasking’ requests by Obama officials

Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Bash to conduct an investigation into the “unmasking” saga during the waning days of the Obama administration with a specific focus on the time period just before and right after President Trump’s election in November 2016.

DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec announced the move by Barr during a Wednesday night appearance on Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, saying the attorney general selected Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, to carry out a deep dive into unmaskings to assist the investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators being conducted by U.S. Attorney John Durham.

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