But unicorns really aren’t real, you know that, right?
There will be no reveals...because there has been no build-up.
In fact, the only rational explanation for all the obstruction and redaction is to, drum roll please, ensure there are no reveals.
Ah, but you have your hopes, I know, hard to let go. Trump told you he screwed up. Why don’t you believe him?
“There will be no reveals...because there has been no build-up.”
There has been a build up. General Sessions has attested to his Congressional oversight in writing that all of their referrals, and more, are being handled by senior federal prosecutors (note the plural) - at the very least since last November. He stated that he placed US Attorney John Huber to lead the effort, citing his past success in leading task forces. (Tip: A task force of multiple US Attorneys is kind of a big deal)
Each of the 93 Senior Federal Prosecutors (also called US Attorneys) were nominated by President Trump, Congressionally confirmed, and vested under the Constitution with the independent power to convene Grand Juries, initiate search warrants, and to issue subpoenas and indictments.
US Attorneys also have a legal duty to prosecute, when they have cause to believe crimes were committed, unless they have a legal reason for deferring prosecution, like insufficient resources, or to protect another investigation (also note that General Sessions assured Congress that they were fully resourced).
Each US Attorney has a large staff - typically hundreds of Assistant US Attorneys (prosecutors), as well as investigators and admin personnel. The “build up” has been assigning a virtual army of prosecutorial assets - at a bare minimum since November 17, 2017 (which DoJ confirmed in writing), but likely many were working in August and some number prior to that. So if Sessions has been asleep or deep state, the rest of these prosecutors (nominated by the President) must also be, for nothing to really be happening.
When James Wolfe (Senate Intelligence Committee staffer) was indicted a couple of weeks ago for leaking, it was revealed that the US Attorney for D.C, Jessie K. Liu, had executed a search warrant against his reporter mistress, not later than February 2018, which would have required previously convening a Grand Jury to get the search warrant.
James Wolfe himself had been forced to resign in December 2017, when confronted with the results of prior surveillance against him, which likely also required a warrant from a Grand Jury (which likely adds months of lead time). Wolfe himself was likely a cooperating witness from December onward, while investigation proceeded against other subjects.
A lot of “build up” preceded Wolfe’s indictment on 7 June. That is how professional investigations go - no public confirmation until there are indictments issued, which then become public records, and prosecutions are public proceedings.
Big arrests and indictments will do the most good in September and October.