Australia’s prime minister said on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump had asked for a point of contact to assist with a U.S. inquiry into the origins of the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Scott Morrison described the call with Trump last month as a fairly uneventful conversation that was polite and brief. The call, which came shortly before a state visit by Morrison to the White House last month, was revealed on Tuesday.
“The president contacted me and asked for a point of contact between the Australian government and the U.S. Attorney, which I was happy to do on the basis that it was something we had already committed to do,” Morrison said in his first comments on the call.
“So it was a fairly uneventful conversation.”
