NEW: 'Can you imagine if the CIA was asked to provide damaging evidence on a political opponent in Australia?' Sen. Warner asks. 'There would be outrage.' Top Democratic says AG Barr is endangering relationships with key US allies.
about the Russia investigation in an effort to help President Trump politically, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee charged Thursday in an exclusive interview with NBC News.who has presided with his Republican counterpart over a two-year, bipartisan investigation into 2016 election interference efforts
The senator said he is particularly worried about the foreign requests and their impact on an intelligence sharing pact known as the Five Eyes, which includes the U,S. Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand. Those countries cooperate extremely closely, sharing communications intercepts and other intelligence.
A Justice Department official acknowledged to NBC News this week that Barr has conducted two overseas trips to meet with foreign leaders to urge them to cooperate with an inquiry he has commissioned into the origins of the Russia investigation., the official said. Critics say the inquiry is designed to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and boost Trump.
Graham had charged in a letter that the diplomat was “directed to contact [Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George] Papadopoulos and relay information obtained from Papadopoulos regarding the campaign to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” Warner added,"Can you imagine if the CIA was asked to provide damaging evidence on a political opponent in Australia? There would be outrage in our political establishment."
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