... into Australia's role in what he calls the 'Russia hoax'

• Australia has been named while discussing Russia by President Donald Trump  
• Trump wants US Attorney General William Barr to probe any potential links 
• Trump said he has declassified millions of pages of intelligence documents  

US President Donald Trump wants Australia's role in sparking the 2016 FBI probe into potential links between his election campaign and Russia examined by US Attorney General William Barr.

In a potentially explosive development for the historically rock solid US-Australian alliance, Mr Trump has publicly named Australia for the first time while discussing what he calls the 'Russia hoax' and 'witch hunt'.

The move was denounced by some members of US Congress who predicted trust between the Five Eyes intelligence sharing nations - the US, Australia, UK, Canada and New Zealand - could be eroded.