Australia "unlikely" to share internal communications linked to Mueller probe
Canberra, Australia — Australia's prime minister has said that his country was unlikely to provide the United States with internal government communications with an Australian diplomat who is partially responsible for triggering the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election. President Trump recently asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other foreign leaders to help U.S. Attorney General William Barr with a review of the origins of the Russia probe that was triggered in part by a tip from Australia's top diplomat in Britain, Alexander Downer.
Barr asked Mr. Trump to call Morrison to alert him that the attorney general would be reaching out, a Justice Department official confirmed to CBS News. Morrison agreed to cooperate with the inquiry during a phone call with Mr. Trump last month, which Morrison described as a "fairly uneventful conversation," but Morrison said Wednesday that Australia was unlikely to provide Downer's diplomatic communications about the matter to U.S. investigators.
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Barr asked Mr. Trump to call Morrison to alert him that the attorney general would be reaching out, a Justice Department official confirmed to CBS News. Morrison agreed to cooperate with the inquiry during a phone call with Mr. Trump last month, which Morrison described as a "fairly uneventful conversation," but Morrison said Wednesday that Australia was unlikely to provide Downer's diplomatic communications about the matter to U.S. investigators.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/australia-scott-morrison-unlikely-share-internal-communications-william-barr-mueller-probe-us-2019-10-02/
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