DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told Fox News' "Hannity" that U.S. Attorney John Durham, who has been reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation, was looking into "unmasking" but Barr determined certain aspects of the practice needed further review, and Bash has been assigned to do so. The U.S. citizens' identities are supposed to be protected if their participation is incidental and no wrongdoing is suspected. In the typical process, when officials are requesting the unmasking of an American, they do not necessarily know the identity of the person in advance. The DOJ spokesperson also affirmed that the D.C. Court of Appeals has invited the DOJ to weigh in on the Flynn case, "and we will." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPKupec maintained that the DOJ had the ability to drop the case against Flynn.

Source: Fox News May 28, 2020 02:11 UTC