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Australia’s Ambassador to the US, the honorable and amazingly-aptly-named Joe Hockey, responds to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC):
“In your letter you made mention of the role of an Australian diplomat. We reject your characterization of his role.”
“In your letter you made mention of the role of an Australian diplomat. We reject your characterization of his role.”
Sen. Graham had written to Australia yesterday outlining the conspiracy theory the Trump admin has been pursuing, including that the Australian diplomat “was... directed” (Sen. Graham doesn’t say by whom) to contact George Papadopoulos and pass his info to the US’s FBI.
Does Graham know how crazy it is to write to a close US ally on Senate letterhead and off-handedly tell them that their former foreign minister *was directed by parties unknown* to sabotage a US presidential campaign? Here’s a link to the letter: judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
