The PM has refused to weigh into the scandal engulfing the billionaire packaging tycoon ahead of a state dinner hosted by Joe Biden at the White House.
: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared he was never told by Australian businessman Anthony Pratt about sensitive nuclear submarine information that former president Donald Trump allegedly shared in an alleged risk to national security.
The covert recordings also reveal that Pratt had claimed Trump disclosed non-public details about US military action in Iraq and a private conversation with Iraq’s leader. Pressed on whether he was concerned about the alleged activities involving Pratt, he simply answered: “I’m not going to comment on us internal politics.”With Trump set to face trial over his handling of classified documents, Pratt is now among more than 80 people that prosecutors have identified as possible witnesses who could testify against the former president.
The Australian businessman has kept a low profile lately, but in September appeared in Kentucky alongside Ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, and Ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy, where Pratt Industries opened a new a paper recycling plant. In a tweet at the time, Rudd applauded the business for “kicking goals” in the US.
Trump is also facing a trial in Washington for attempting to overthrow the 2020 election results, a trial in Georgia for election subversion in that state, and a trial in New York over hush money payments paid to porn star Stormy Daniels.For the past few weeks, however, he has been preoccupied with a civil fraud trial in Manhattan, which could ultimately seal the fate of his real estate empire.
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