Australian Ambassador Rejects Lindsey Graham’s Depiction of Alexander Downer’s Role in Sparking Russia Probe

Australian Ambassador Rejects Lindsey Graham’s Depiction of Alexander Downer’s Role in Sparking Russia Probe
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 15, 2019. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, has disputed Sen. Lindsey Graham’s depiction of former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer’s involvement in sparking the Russia investigation.

On Oct. 2, Graham (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked the Prime Ministers of Australia, Italy, and the United Kingdom to continue to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe into origins of the Russia investigation.