Alberta Justice spokespeople deliver duelling statements on prosecutor email reviewEDMONTON — An email probe into whether Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s office interfered with Crown prosecutors took a confusing turn Friday after two government spokespeople delivered duelling statements that raised questions over how far back the search went. The Justice Department said Monday it had done a four-month search of ingoing, outgoing and deleted emails and found no evidence of contact. Two days later, Alberta Justice communications director Charles Mainville said in a statement that deleted emails are wiped from the system after 30 days, meaning the search for deleted emails may not have covered the entire time period in question. Smith has given six versions in recent weeks of what she has said to justice officials about COVID-19 cases. She has said she reminded justice officials of general prosecution guidelines, but at other times reminded them to consider factors unique to COVID-19 cases.
