NEW: DOJ official said Trump initiated the calls at Barr’s request. The recent call with Australia was one of a “number of times” the president made similar calls for the AG as part of probe into the origins of the special counsel’s Russia investigation

The news is coming fast and furious and people should be careful about jumping on everything as gospel (see yesterday’s mistaken viral report from CBS that the whistleblower was under federal protection). I’d like to know more about this👇 https://t.co/ekWeC3GIIN

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) September 30, 2019