Australia denies conspiring against Trump in 2016 election
by Joel Gehrke
| October 03, 2019 02:14 PM
Australian officials denied yesterday that one of their diplomats conspired against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign during the 2016 election. Officials sent the denial to Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham regarding a letter Graham sent on Wednesday to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
“In your letter, you made mention of the role of an Australian diplomat,†Joe Hockey, the Australian ambassador to the United States, wrote in an Oct. 2 letter to Graham. “We reject your characterization of his role.â€
The envoy issued the terse denial after the South Carolina Republican urged Australia to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr’s inquiry into the origins of the investigation that haunted the first two years of Trump’s presidency. Graham’s request, along with Barr’s investigation, has raised hopes among Trump’s allies that it will prove to have been the product of foreign governments interfering in the U.S. election to damage Trump.
“What Attorney General Barr is up to abroad is to get to the bottom of how the Obama administration coerced, and colluded, with foreign governments to spy on a political rival,†former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos tweeted Thursday. “Those governments willfully participated in this operation.â€
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