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BREAKING: Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent call to help AG Barr gather information for an inquiry intended to discredit the Mueller probe. The WH also restricted access to the call transcript.
by @MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner #Maddow nyti.ms/2oJL1jT
@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner And like the call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, the discussion with Australian Prime Minister Morrison shows Trump using high-level 'diplomacy' to advance his personal political interests.
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@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner Trump initiated the discussion in recent weeks with Australian Prime Minister Morrison explicitly for the purpose of requesting Australia’s help in the DOJ review of the Russia investigation.

**Barr requested that Trump speak to Mr. Morrison**
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@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner MORE: AG Barr has held private meetings overseas with foreign intelligence officials, including in the UK and Italy, soliciting help to discredit US intelligence agencies’ Russian election interference probe.
by @shaneharris @DevlinBarrett @mattzap #Maddow wapo.st/2oKqoUJ?tid=ss…
@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner @shaneharris @DevlinBarrett @mattzap
@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner @shaneharris @DevlinBarrett @mattzap
@MarkMazzettiNYT @ktbenner @shaneharris @DevlinBarrett @mattzap "Ever since Robert Mueller concluded his probe in March 2019, Barr has worked to blunt its impact [discredit it]—and investigate the investigators [US Intelligence Agencies] behind it."
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NEW via @ErinBanco: Pompeo needed a scapegoat and only one person fit the mold: Kurt Volker.

Now the State Dept is bracing for impact. Volker’s interview with Congress could lay bare details of Pompeo’s involvement in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine saga.
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TODAY: State Department approved a $39M sale of additional Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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During their presser last week Trump said he hoped Zelensky could work things out with Putin.

Tonight, protests erupted on Maidan in central Kyiv over Zelensky's backing of the Steinmeier Formula [capitulation to Russia re Donbass] with protestors chanting: “Zelensky out!”
Now Trump will be to demand the sanctions levied on Russia over Crimea be lifted. There's nothing he can do about the sanctions over Russia's election interference. But that's why he has Barr is flying around the world looking for way to exonerate Russia.
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BREAKING: State Department’s inspector general will give an 'urgent' Ukraine briefing on the Hill Wednesday. The unusual nature and timing of the briefing – during congressional recess – suggest it may be connected to the whistleblower complaint.
via @ABC abcn.ws/2p88o6T
@ABC More here, @Delavegalaw.
@ABC @Delavegalaw .@ScottMStedman is reporting that part of the IG’s urgent request to Congress has to do with Pompeo threatening his officers if they comply with Congressional inquiries.
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