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OTTAWA — A former Liberal MP is seeking the dismissal of two criminal charges connected to his time in office.
Grewal appeared in court Monday via videoconference as his lawyer, Nader Hasan, put forward his motion for a directed verdict and an acquittal on all charges. An analysis of Grewal's bank accounts offered during the prosecution's evidence found that he had taken in some $6 million worth of deposits larger than $10,000 in the time after he was elected as an MP, and that significant amounts of that money went to payments at the Casino Lac-Leamy.
But neither stated that they expected such access in exchange for the loans — and Hasan argues that the evidence at trial"flatly contradicts" the notion.