Faced with questions about obstructing the RCMP from investigating his own office, Justin Trudeau stood smiling before the cameras and tried to hide behind the facade of the civil service.
“We respect the decisions made by our professional public servants. We respect the decision made by the clerk,” Trudeau said.
Which is strange because the reason the RCMP wanted to obtain documents from his office and speak to witnesses is because Trudeau didn’t respect the decision of the director of public prosecutions in the SNC-Lavalin case. In that instance, Trudeau and many in his office put extreme pressure on then attorney-general Jody Wilson-Raybould to overturn the decision of the director.
Some even called for Wilson-Raybould to take over the case so that SNC-Lavalin could walk away from a prosecution on bribery and corruption charges.
Now, Trudeau says he respects decisions made by professional public servants. Maybe because the decision made by the Clerk of the Privy Council effectively killed off the attempt by the RCMP to investigate Trudeau and those around him for breaking the law and engaging in obstruction of justice.
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See Also:
(1) Empty chair at upcoming debate the lesser of two bad looks for Trudeau
(2) Are Canada’s federal parties ready for an ‘October surprise’?
(3) Election 2019: What’s the big idea?
(4) The Trans Mountain pipeline, the court decision and the fate of Justin Trudeau
(5) Get set to hear a lot about carbon taxes this election (little of it useful)
