Mueller Report Points to Australian Government’s Role in Sparking FBI’s Trump Campaign Investigation

Mueller Report Points to Australian Government’s Role in Sparking FBI’s Trump Campaign Investigation
Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Alexander Downer in London on Jan. 24, 2017. Jack Taylor/Getty Images
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A redacted version of Robert Mueller’s report made public on April 18 devoted 14 pages to former Trump adviser George Papadopoulos, who had an infamous London bar meeting with then Australian high commissioner to the UK Alexander Downer.

Without naming the Australian government, the highly-anticipated report by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller details the role of a “foreign government” in sparking the FBI’s 2016 investigation into whether Donald Trump’s election campaign co-ordinated with the Russian government.
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