The AG is now in the spotlight as questions arise about a Trump phone call with the Australian PM. Catch up with the latest in today’s Playbook newsletter:
A.G. Bill Barr now finds himself at the center of questions about a Trump call with the Australian PM. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesTHE STORY EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT -- “Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins,”
by NYT’s Mark Mazzetti and Katie Benner: “President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help Attorney General William P. Barr gather information for a Justice Department inquiry that Mr. Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation, according to two American officials with knowledge of the call.— which the president made at Mr. Barr’s request — to a small group of aides, one of the officials said.
“Donald Trump’s campaign aides expected months ago that Democrats would try to impeach the president — and he needed a way to exploit it. So this summer, Trump 2020 officials spliced news clips of Democrats discussing impeachment into a 90-second video montage, punctuated by the president imploring supporters to help him ‘stop this nonsense.’when it was released it as part of an online counteroffensive to the impeachment push that brought in 50,000-plus new donors and raked in $8.
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