Attorney General Jeff Sessions quietly tapped Huber — apparently last fall — to work in tandem with the Justice Department’s inspector general to determine whether conservative allegations of abuse at the FBI and the Justice Department merit investigation.
The administration has provided few public details about Huber’s assignment beyond a lengthy message from Sessions to Congress in which he argued that his appointment should be sufficient to address the concerns raised by GOP lawmakers.
The Justice Department has declined to comment on his budget or what Sessions meant when he said that Huber is working “in cooperation” with Inspector General Michael Horowitz. Horowitz’s office also declined to comment.
White House officials see Huber as a second special counsel in everything but name because he has the authority to prosecute, a task the inspector general has to refer to a U.S. attorney.
I did a pretty good search and couldn't find any. (And, of course I maintain my little scoreboard, and I would gladly put anything he's done up on Team Trump side, but I am not aware of any.)
Doesn't mean nothing is in the works, of course. But it has been a few months (or, perhaps a year since he was appointed by Jeff Sessions.
Mueller has indicted a bunch more Russians in the meantime, which got him a lot of Press and advanced his narrative, while obviously being a futile act of desperation.
I'm sure Mueller is preparing for his Grand Finale. In fact there were a few stories based on leaks that said he's going for an October Surprise. Maybe a straight out indictment of Trump, to help throw the election.
If Huber is supposed to be our counter-force, so far he's been completely ineffective, and the clock is ticking if Mueller's time-line looks like what the press is saying (and on this I believe them).