Jody Wilson-Raybould said some made “veiled threats” in pushing her to offer SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecution agreement.
By Amanda Coletta February 27 at 10:25 PM TORONTO — Canada’s former attorney general and justice minister on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office and other public servants of applying “consistent and sustained” political pressure to halt the criminal fraud and bribery prosecution of a Quebec-based construction and engineering giant.
Trudeau said in a press conference in Quebec on Wednesday that he “completely disagrees” with Wilson-Raybould’s characterization of events, though he conceded that he has not reviewed her entire testimony. Trudeau initially dismissed the allegations as “false” but has since said that while he did discuss the SNC-Lavalin prosecution with Wilson-Raybould, the decision on the prosecution of the company was “hers alone” to make. He added that if she at any time felt she was being improperly pressured, she should have raised it with him directly.
In one such conversation with Trudeau, Wilson-Raybould said, he told her to “find a solution” to the case because there were jobs at stake and he represents a federal riding in Quebec.
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