Hockey discussed Downer's Russia revelations with FBI

By David Wroe
Updated January 2 2018 - 7:34am, first published 12:35am

The ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey personally steered Australia's dealings with the FBI on explosive revelations of Russian hacking during last year's presidential campaign in a sign of how politically sensitive the Australian government regarded the bombshell discovery, Fairfax Media understands.

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