Australia PM denies Trump pressure over investigation

Bloomberg

Australian PM Scott Morrison denied being pressured by President Donald Trump to help probe the origins of the US Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Morrison said he had a brief telephone conversation with Trump, in which the president asked for a point of contact within the Australian government to help Attorney General William Barr with the inquiry.
In an interview with Sky TV, Morrison said he was happy to provide that, given that Australia’s ambassador to the US had already made a written offer of help to Barr in May.

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