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(182,574 posts)Durham is still working on his.
Before Bashs appointment, Kupec had said that a different federal prosecutor, John Durham in Connecticut, also had been looking at unmasking as part of his broader investigation into the FBIs 2016 probe of whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the election. It was not clear how Durhams and Bashs work intersected.
Barr recently told some Republican lawmakers that no report of Durhams investigation would be released before the November election, though unlike Bashs review, Durhams work seems to be ongoing, people familiar with the matter said. Trump has in recent days called the delay in the Durham case a disgrace, and asserted that his 2016 Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, should be jailed. He was previously critical of another prosecutor specially tapped by then-Attorney General Sessions to investigate matters related to Clinton, but whose case ended with no public report or allegations of wrongdoing.
Barr had said previously he would not hold back Durhams findings because of concerns about any impact on the election, as investigators were not focused on political candidates.