Attorney General William Barr has tapped a federal prosecutor to examine Obama administration officials’ use of the practice known as “unmasking” around the time of the 2016 presidential election, which President Trump has portrayed as an effort to undermine him. U.S. Attorney John Bash of the Western District of Texas will oversee the review, which comes in conjunction with another probe Mr. Barr requested into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 28, 2020 13:57 UTC