Lindsey Graham wrote to the prime ministers of Australia, Italy and Britain that US intelligence officials used a “deeply flawed dossier filled with hearsay” during the 2016 election
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham on Wednesday asked several foreign leaders to continue to assist Attorney General William Barr with his investigation into the 2016 election.
In a letter to the prime ministers of Australia, Italy and Britain, the South Carolina Republican requested their “continued cooperation with Attorney General Barr as the Department of Justice continues to investigate the origins and extent of foreign influence in the 2016 election.”At President Donald Trump’s urging, Barr is examining how the FBI investigation into connections between Russia and the Trump campaign began.Graham stated in the letter that during the 2016 election, the U.S.
He also added that law enforcement had received “intelligence from an Italian ‘professor’” — referring to Joseph Mifsud, whose interactions with a former Trump campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, prompted the FBI to open its counterintelligence investigation — and accepted information from an Australian diplomat. That was a reference to a reported tip from an Australian official, Alexander Downer, to the FBI about possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
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