The file
The Downer File
Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister. Then High Commissioner in London. May 2016: a wine bar in Kensington with George Papadopoulos. They still argue about the words. Late July: Australia passed the conversation. July 31: Horowitz says Friendly Foreign Government information opened Crossfire Hurricane. The PDF does not print Alexander Downer. He later put himself on Sky News and said there was no collusion in the chat. Durham said the Bureau had no verified collusion intel when it opened the case. This is not a biography. It is the episodes. Facts are cited. Allegations are labeled. Opinion is marked. An FBI memo is not a court. A diplomat’s interview is not a cable. A news identification is not an OIG caption.
Compiled as a critical briefing, in the voice of a packet. Identity: About. Not a court. Not a White House product. No invented quotes, intelligence rank, or conviction. No Method page. Identity confidence: high.
London · documented
May 2016
The meeting is documented. The words are disputed. Australia later passed information the Bureau treated as the opening. Not dumped again as a card below.
The rest of the file
Parliament
December 1, 1984
Official member page. Mayo, 1984 to 2008. Identity anchor. Not a 2016 file.
Foreign minister
March 11, 1996
Parliament and DFAT. AC in 2013. Title, not a 2016 finding.
London posting
2014
DFAT appointment release. 2014-2018. Not FBI tasking.
The tip
July 26, 2016
After WikiLeaks. Mueller/Durham dates differ by two days. Not a crime.
Horowitz
July 31, 2016
Priestap decision. FFG, not the printed name. An opening is not a court.
Allegation
September 22, 2018
MI6/ASIS talk is allegation. Downer's denial is his. Neither is a finding.
Commentary
June 2018
McCarthy. Labeled commentary. No invented quotes.
His account
May 9, 2019
Daily Caller, Fox, Examiner, Epoch Times. His words. Not the cable.
Durham
November 2019
The Australian via Epoch Times and Examiner. Not a charge. Not a clearance.
Official finding
May 15, 2023
July 28 Australian receipt. No verified conspiracy intel at opening.
Just the News
July 2025
Solomon/Dunleavy. "Clinton supporter" stays commentary. Not motive proof.
After London
2018-2023
KCL bio. Policy Exchange chair. Later titles, not a finding.