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bill barr has not said a single, solitary word about the plot to kidnap to two governors. NOTHING.
Yet he authorized United States Attorney John Bash to probe 'unmasking'TRUMP’S “UNMASKING” PROBE OF OBAMA AND BIDEN FOUND A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHING
In May, as the right made angry noises about what they said was the improper “unmasking” of Trumpworld figures by Barack Obama and his administration, William Barr authorized United States Attorney John Bash to probe the matter. “The Attorney General determined that certain aspects of unmasking needed to be reviewed,” Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec told Fox News’s Sean Hannity at the time. “We know that unmasking inherently isn’t wrong, but...can be problematic.” The inquiry, a spinoff of John Durham’s review of the origins of the Russia investigation, appeared to be yet another effort by Barr to legitimize Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories—and to target Joe Biden and the Democrats in the run-up to the 2020 election.
But when Bash, the now-former U.S. Attorney from West Texas, concluded his investigation recently, he came up so empty-handed Barr didn’t even announce it had ended. Indeed, Bash found no wrongdoing on the part of Obama, Biden, or others in their administration and finished his inquiry without pressing any charges, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. He left the DOJ last week, but neither he nor Barr discussed the results of his probe.
That’s not necessarily unusual — as the Post points out, the DOJ doesn’t typically make announcements about probes that don’t result in charges. But this probe wasn’t exactly typical: The election year inquiry sprung from a Trump conspiracy that the Obama administration had spied on his campaign, and has helped form the basis of political attacks on Biden from the president and his allies. Trump said last week that Obama and Biden should be arrested for their supposed attempts to subvert him, and his cronies have used the ginned-up scandal in jabs at the Democrat as recently as this month. “If you’re more worried about [Trump] unmasking on a balcony with no one close to him than you were by the Obama/Biden administration unmasking (aka illegally spying on) their political opponents, my diagnosis is you have [Trump Derangement Syndrome],” Rand Paul tweeted October 6, referring to the president’s bizarre appearance on the White House balcony upon returning to the White House after his COVID hospitalization. “My prescription is to put down your phone.”
That Barr has not released the results of the Bash probe that would torpedo such attacks shows that he continues to serve the president’s interests, even if his fishing expedition didn’t turn up any wrongdoing. Still, that’s unlikely to satisfy Trump, who has been frustrated with the Attorney General since he warned that Durham’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation would not be completed by Election Day — because what good would the inquiry be if it didn’t turn up an October surprise? “Bill Barr is going to go down as either the greatest Attorney General in the history of the country,” Trump told Fox Business last week, “or he’s going to go down as, you know, a very sad situation.” The fact that Barr can’t seem to come up with actual dirt isn’t stopping Trump from flinging wild, desperate allegations that “THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS” in history had been committed against him. “BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN,” Trump tweeted last week. “GOT CAUGHT!!!”
But when Bash, the now-former U.S. Attorney from West Texas, concluded his investigation recently, he came up so empty-handed Barr didn’t even announce it had ended. Indeed, Bash found no wrongdoing on the part of Obama, Biden, or others in their administration and finished his inquiry without pressing any charges, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. He left the DOJ last week, but neither he nor Barr discussed the results of his probe.
That’s not necessarily unusual — as the Post points out, the DOJ doesn’t typically make announcements about probes that don’t result in charges. But this probe wasn’t exactly typical: The election year inquiry sprung from a Trump conspiracy that the Obama administration had spied on his campaign, and has helped form the basis of political attacks on Biden from the president and his allies. Trump said last week that Obama and Biden should be arrested for their supposed attempts to subvert him, and his cronies have used the ginned-up scandal in jabs at the Democrat as recently as this month. “If you’re more worried about [Trump] unmasking on a balcony with no one close to him than you were by the Obama/Biden administration unmasking (aka illegally spying on) their political opponents, my diagnosis is you have [Trump Derangement Syndrome],” Rand Paul tweeted October 6, referring to the president’s bizarre appearance on the White House balcony upon returning to the White House after his COVID hospitalization. “My prescription is to put down your phone.”
That Barr has not released the results of the Bash probe that would torpedo such attacks shows that he continues to serve the president’s interests, even if his fishing expedition didn’t turn up any wrongdoing. Still, that’s unlikely to satisfy Trump, who has been frustrated with the Attorney General since he warned that Durham’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation would not be completed by Election Day — because what good would the inquiry be if it didn’t turn up an October surprise? “Bill Barr is going to go down as either the greatest Attorney General in the history of the country,” Trump told Fox Business last week, “or he’s going to go down as, you know, a very sad situation.” The fact that Barr can’t seem to come up with actual dirt isn’t stopping Trump from flinging wild, desperate allegations that “THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS” in history had been committed against him. “BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN,” Trump tweeted last week. “GOT CAUGHT!!!”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/trump-unmasking-probe-obama-biden-found-nothing
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Some of his FBI agents apparently went rogue and supported the Constitution.
PS - cool photo of Barr talking out of the side of his mouth. 
the FBI after me. Especially with today’s electronica surveillance. Can’t even fake your own kidnapping and run off to Florida without having the FBI waiting at Disney World for you. 
