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Italy PM backs intelligence over reported U.S. attorney general visits

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General William Barr is pictured at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis

 

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is not concerned about reports that U.S. Attorney General William Barr held secret meetings with Italian intelligence agencies, Conte's office said on Thursday.

 

Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Wednesday that Barr met with the intelligence services as part of an investigation by President Donald Trump's administration into the origins of the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

 

"Prime Minister Conte sees no anomalous behaviour on the part of our secret services," a statement from Conte's office said, adding that he would address a parliamentary committee for security about the reported meetings.

 

Without citing its sources, Corriere said Conte had authorised the two meetings in Rome with Gennaro Vecchione, head of the DIS intelligence service, as well as other officials, in August and last week.

 

A source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday that Barr met with Italian intelligence officials in Rome on Sept. 27.

 

Vecchione said in a statement on Wednesday he would make no comment to the press and would only discuss the matter in "appropriate forums."

 

U.S. intelligence agencies and Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election with a scheme of hacking and propaganda to boost Trump's Republican candidacy and disparage his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Mueller detailed a series of contacts between Trump's campaign and Russia.

 

Trump, who is running for re-election next year, has called the Russia investigation a "witch hunt" and has repeatedly sought to discredit it. Russia has denied interfering in the election.

 

Barr, a Trump appointee who is the top U.S. law enforcement official, is personally involved in investigating Trump's complaints that he and his 2016 campaign were improperly targeted by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

 

(reporting by Gavin Jones; additional reporting by Domenico Lusi; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-10-04

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[Emdog]

If Trump were really concerned about untoward activities and perks of children of Executive branch, isn't it time to look at Ivanka, Jared (son in law). etc. And they are on federal payroll, not private citizens like Joe's kid

[OKF]

yes I was thinking the same. Whenever Mr. T points his fingers to others he should look in the mirror first I realized. Also I wonder why Hunter Biden does not get legal help to stop Mr. T to spill those lies?

[Chomper Higgot]

Perhaps in Italy the head of the Department of Justice undertaking investigations on behalf of the President into the President’s likely political rival in a forthcoming election is not a crime.

 

But Barr is the US AG, he is an employee of the people and he is not a private operator in Trump’s employ.

 

More seriously for Barr he is answerable to Congress and the laws of the US.

 

 

Edited October 4, 2019 by Chomper Higgot

[Mavideol]

is he originally from Sicily. he kind of looks like the God Father     

[Mac98]

PM Conte "is not concerned" and will address a committee in private. I bet there will be a lot of table banging going on. He said he authorized the meetings. That's a cover story so he doesn't look like he got played. I wonder how much Barr offered for that secret meeting. Trump, Barr, McConnell, Kavanaugh all need to be run out of town together.

[Basil B]

I suspect the dirtiest part of Trumps time in office will come in 13 months time when he will spend the last few weeks painting his, his families and a few friends asses with Teflon. 

[RocketDog]

22 hours ago, car720 said:

I think that Trump is just behaving like any other millenial.  

If you are making a sidelong comparison based on mental age, I think most millenials are considerably more sophisticated.

[observer90210]

Asking Italians to help fight corruption ?!