The White House restricted access of the call's transcript to a limited number of the president's aides, one source said.
The report is based off the accounts of two unnamed American officials with knowledge of the call between Trump and Australia prime minister Scott Morrison. Two of the sources said Trump initiated the discussion in recent weeks with Morrison.
One of the officials told the newspaper that the White House restricted access of the call's transcript to a limited number of the president's aides. Although it is unclear who was privy to the information, the Trump administration's alleged handling of the correspondence is similar to how they handled the president's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, which sparked an impeachment inquiry announced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Tuesday.
Trump's alleged Australia call also echoes his Ukrainian call in that both discussions show the U.S. leader using foreign diplomacy to advance his own political interests. "Like that call, the discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia shows the extent to which Mr. Trump sees the attorney general as a critical partner in his goal to show that the Mueller investigation had corrupt and partisan origins," thereported,"and the extent that Mr. Trump sees the Justice Department inquiry as a potential way to gain leverage over America's closest allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing from the White House on September 16, 2019 in Washington, DC.
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