Premier Giuseppe Conte told a
press conference Wednesday he had told the parliamentary
intelligence oversight committee COPASIR that US President
Donald Trump "never" spoke to him about Russiagate.
Conte said US Attorney General William Barr verified the work
of US agents in two visits to Rome to talk to intelligence
chiefs about the origins of the Russiagate case.
He said he himself had never spoken to Barr, "not even on the
telephone".
Barr visited Rome in a bid to uncover elements in the
Russiagate case.
Conte said US inquiries were made "on the premise that the
work of Italian authorities could never be called into
question".
The US asked for information in June, the premier said.
In a meeting on September 27, Conte said, "it was clarified
that in light of the inquiries made, our intelligence had no
part in this affair (Russiagate), and we assured the USA that
they had not part".
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