SNC-Lavalin affair: Trudeau's former principal secretary FULL testimony

Gerald Butts, former right-hand man to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is disputing key parts of the testimony given last week by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould over the SNC-Lavalin affair, saying there’s a “grey area” between her independence and the role of political staff.

He says all officials ever did was ask her to “consider a second opinion” on the potential 9,000 jobs he suggested were on the line.

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“I think there’s a grey area in what would [count] as political considerations,” the former principal secretary and longtime Trudeau friend told the House of Commons justice committee studying explosive allegations first published by the Globe and Mail last month.

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