In a response to Sen. Lindsey Graham's letter, Australian Ambassador Joe Hockey wrote that his government “is cooperating” with William Barr’s inquiry and has “been public about our willingness to cooperate”
Australia’s ambassador to the U.S. confirmed to Sen. Lindsey Graham that the Australian government is assisting Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of foreign interference in the 2016 election — but disputed the lawmaker’s reference to an Australian diplomat involved in the Russia probe’s origins.
It has been reported that Papadopoulos had revealed to an Australian diplomat, believed to be Alexander Downer, details of his April 2016 conversations with Josef Mifsud, a London-based professor with ties to the Kremlin. Mifsud allegedly told Papadopoulos that Moscow had “thousands of emails” damaging to 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Hockey added: “In your letter you made mention of the role of an Australian diplomat. We reject your characterisation of his role.”, a foreign government official contacted the FBI in July 2016 about an encounter he had with Papadopoulos two months earlier, during which the then-Trump aide suggested the campaign “had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information damaging to” Clinton.
That warning “prompted the FBI on July 31, 2016, to open an investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities,” Mueller wrote.in September 2018 to 14 days in federal prison for making false statements to the FBI.
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