Australia's prime minister said on Wednesday a phone call last month in which U.S. President Donald Trump sought help with a U.S. probe into the origins of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election was brief and uneventful
* Australia had previously agreed to assist U.S. inquirySYDNEY, Oct 2 - Australia's prime minister said on Wednesday a phone call last month in which U.S. President Donald Trump sought help with a U.S. probe into the origins of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election was brief and uneventful.
"The president contacted me and asked for a point of contact between the Australian government and the U.S. Attorney, which I was happy to do on the basis that it was something we had already committed to do," Morrison said.The New York Times reported that in the phone call, Trump asked Morrison to assist U.S. Attorney General William Barr with the U.S.
Morrison said the United States was Australia's most significant ally and they shared a lot of information, and it would have been quite extraordinary to deny the request. Story continues"It would be a very unusual thing to do, and Australia would never do anything that would prejudice our national interest," he said.
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