From downstairs:

re: #350 thedopefishlives

No, no, no, the timing of this is suspect. Is it possible that he could’ve directed the US Attorney’s Office to open an investigation?

On Reid Out, an attorney said that the investigation was apparently opened during Whittaker’s brief tenure in 2018 and may have been suspended for a couple months during the campaign due to DOJ rules. But who really knows for sure?