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Alexander Downer and his friends in high places

4 October 2019

4:03 PM

4 October 2019

4:03 PM

It’s always nice to know one has friends in high places. Speaking for the Australian government, our Ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, has been reported by the multicultural, publicly funded SBS as dismissing claims that Alexander Downer helped to initiate Russia probe.

Hockey’s contribution to the story, like any diplomat who is obedient to his government, was the substance of his letter to the United States Senator Lindsay Graham assuring him Australia was cooperating with US Attorney General William Barr’s inquiry into the origins of the FBI probe into Russian links to the Trump election campaign.

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