In a barely audible pre-sentencing statement to the court, David Livingston said he regretted his family, friends and colleagues had been put through the wringer. “Knowing what I know today, I would have acted differently as chief of staff,” Livingston told Ontario court Judge Timothy Lipson. Evidence at trial was that Livingston hired Miller’s spouse, an outsider, to wipe hard drives in the premier’s office. Livingston was not a public figure — he is an intensely private person,” Gover said. In his brief statement Tuesday, Livingston described himself as a happily retired grandfather who looks after his granddaughter.

Source: National Post February 27, 2018 16:41 UTC