Marie-Claude Arsenault that were read in court by defence lawyer Mark Ertel during Ortis’ trial Friday. “Nobody in the RCMP has carte blanche,” Coons told the court. “I don’t agree that anybody in the RCMP was given carte blanche to do anything related to criminal investigations. Coons did not confirm Arsenault’s statement read in court but said Ortis and him had their differences. Ortis is charged with leaking or attempting to share highly sensitive intelligence about ongoing police investigations to four suspected criminals.
