Ukraine now Australia
They are really trying to get ahead if the IG report.
Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins
WASHINGTON — President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help Attorney General William P. Barr gather information for a Justice Department inquiry that Mr. Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation, according to two American officials with knowledge of the call.
The White House restricted access to the call’s transcript to a small group of the president’s aides, one of the officials said, an unusual decision that is similar to the handling of a July call with the Ukrainian president that is at the heart of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Mr. Trump. Like that call, the discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia shows the extent to which Mr. Trump sees the attorney general as a critical partner in his goal to show that the Mueller investigation had corrupt and partisan origins, and the extent that Mr. Trump sees the Justice Department inquiry as a potential way to gain leverage over America’s closest allies.
Wow. Criminals returning to the scene of the crime(s). Classic.
I’d sure hate to be a derp right about now.
“One official told CNN that Barr asked the president to request help from several other countries. ABC News reports Barr asked Trump to introduce him to the leaders of Australia, Italy, and other countries. Trump had a Sept. 5 phone call with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, and Barr’s trip to Italy last week was reportedly part of the DOJ investigation into the Mueller probe’s origins. According to the The Washington Post, the man in charge of the DOJ’s probe, John Durham, accompanied Barr on the Italy trip and met with senior Italian government officials. The attorney general reportedly asked the Italians to assist Durham in the probe and has approached British intelligence officials about the matter.”
(FOXNEWS TONIGHT READ A MEMO FROM BARR ASKING DJT TO HAVE THE OTHER COUNTRIES WORK WITH HIM AND DURHAM.)