BREAKING: Scheer says PM's lawyer threatened him with libel suit over SNC-Lavalin affair
Last Updated Sunday, April 7, 2019 2:27PM EDT
"If Mr. Trudeau believes he has a case against me, I urge him to follow through on his threat immediately," Scheer said in a statement. While she has called the pressure improper, Wilson-Raybould has said she doesn't believe anything illegal occurred. Porter said it's "entirely false" to say Trudeau interfered in the SNC prosecution, which has not been halted, or that he personally directed Wilson-Raybould to "break the law" and "fired" her when she refused. It's also entirely false to suggest Trudeau was aware of Wilson-Raybould's concern that he was politically interfering in the SNC case but lied to Canadians about it, Porter said.
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