John Huber's FBI-Justice Department probe shrouded in mystery

1. I's one thing to say, I'm reviewing the inspector general's work, and another thing to say, I';m reviewing the inspector general's work with the subpoena power of a U.S. attorney, he said.
2. Huber, the Justice Department said, is that as a U.S. attorney he could use grand jury subpoena powers to obtain documents and witness statements that the inspector general might not.
3. Roughly one year after U.S. Attorney John Huber was appointed to investigate whether accusations that the FBI and Justice Department abused their powers during the 2016 election season merit prosecution, his work remains shrouded in mystery.
4. The scope that Huber was supposed to be looking at was much more broad than what the inspector general was supposed to be looking at.
5. I don't know that Huber looking over Horowitz's shoulder is the most prudent thing to do, Mr.
6. It sounds like he's just looking over Horowitz's shoulder to see if anything warrants a criminal referral, but they don't need a U.S. attorney to do that, she said.
7. Huber can subpoena witnesses, including past government employees, and prosecute cases himself, all powers the inspector general does not possess.

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