Trudeau refused Friday to say exactly what he told his former attorney general or whether he indicated his own preference to her. OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau admits his former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould challenged her boss last fall to clarify if he was “directing” her to make a decision in the disputed bribery prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. When asked if he had expressed a preference, and if it is possible Wilson-Raybould felt his comments as pressure, Trudeau declined a direct answer. “If Scott Brison had not stepped down from cabinet, Jody Wilson-Raybould would still be minister of justice and attorney general,” he said. Trudeau and Legault travelled there together on a Canadian Forces plane for a summit that was occurring the very week that Roussel’s office informed SNC-Lavalin of her decision.

Source: thestar February 15, 2019 15:50 UTC