Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents

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Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is being investigated for bribery, fraud and breach of trust along with Senator Mike Duffy, in an RCMP probe that has expanded to include the Prime Minister's Office, court documents released today show.

RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton says in the court documents that there are reasonable grounds to believe Wright offered money or favour to Duffy contrary to the Criminal Code. Horton alleges Duffy agreed to accept the offer of money.

Horton also alleges Wright and Duffy "have committed bribery, frauds on the government, and breach of trust."

Emails from the Prime Minister's Office, reviewed by Horton, also suggest Stephen Harper knew more than he has so far allowed.

"The PM knows, in broad terms only, that I personally assisted Duffy when I was getting him to agree to repay the expenses," Wright said in an email May 14, according to the Horton's affidavit.

The documents reveal for the first time that staff in the Prime Minister's Office were directly involved in arranging a Senate subcommittee report critical of Duffy to be altered so that it put him in a more favourable light.

One staffer, Chris Montgomery, told police it was the first time in his seven years' experience that he'd seen staffers attend a Senate meeting and insist on the wording of a report.

CBC News - Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents
 
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mentalfloss said:
Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is being investigated for bribery, fraud and breach of trust along with Senator Mike Duffy, in an RCMP probe that has expanded to include the Prime Minister's Office, court documents released today show.

RCMP Cpl. Greg Horton says in the court documents that there are reasonable grounds to believe Wright offered money or favour to Duffy contrary to the Criminal Code. Horton alleges Duffy agreed to accept the offer of money.

Horton also alleges Wright and Duffy "have committed bribery, frauds on the government, and breach of trust."

Emails from the Prime Minister's Office, reviewed by Horton, also suggest Stephen Harper knew more than he has so far allowed.

"The PM knows, in broad terms only, that I personally assisted Duffy when I was getting him to agree to repay the expenses," Wright said in an email May 14, according to the Horton's affidavit.

The documents reveal for the first time that staff in the Prime Minister's Office were directly involved in arranging a Senate subcommittee report critical of Duffy to be altered so that it put him in a more favourable light.

One staffer, Chris Montgomery, told police it was the first time in his seven years' experience that he'd seen staffers attend a Senate meeting and insist on the wording of a report.

CBC News - Wright, Duffy accused of bribery, fraud in new RCMP documents
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RCMP make lots of accusations every day. Doesn't make them fact.
 
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A special committee that will have the right Senators on board"

Yesterday in the House, Stephen Harper publicly backed the Senate's decision not to hear testimony from Michael Runia, the Deloitte auditor who allegedly intervened in the audit into Mike Duffy’s expenses at the behest of ConFund Senator Irving Gerstein and the Prime Minister’s Office.

I doubt there's anyone left who imagines the Senate's decision on Wedneday was achieved independently of Steve's input and there's two excellent columns from Tim Harper and Murray Dobbin on that below.

 But there's one email from Nigel Wright to PMO Manager of Parliamentary Affairs Patrick Rogers I haven't seen mentioned anywhere that really defines the PMO's control of the Senate.
You will recall Rogers was the guy who got the call on Deloitte from Gerstein and reported "The Senator will call back once we have Deloitte locked in" and then correctly *predicted* their $500K audit on Duffy's residence would be a bust.

 A few days after Nigel Wright's request to Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton in February that
"all unilateral action from that office cease before being cleared with me" ​
and just before his remarks that
"have to do this in a way that does not lead to the Chinese water torture of new facts in the public domain that the PM does not want..." ​
is this blunt assumption of the PMO's right to have Senate committees appointed to do their bidding. Nigel Wright (page 26):
"Patrick, we are going to need to manage the briefing of the Conservative Senators (including, hopefully Chair) of the Committee. If the Rules and Procedures committee doesn't have the right membership, then the Senate by motion should constitute a special committee that will have the right Senators on board."​
So bearing that in mind ...

 Tim Harper : Senate scandal: A cover-up in broad daylight
Conservatives circle the wagons to keep Michael Runia and Irving Gerstein silent, raising questions about how much damage the duo could do.​
Murray Dobbin : Why Tories Are So Afraid of What Deloitte’s Runia Might Testify




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Creekside: "A special committee that will have the right Senators on board"
 
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Its perfectly fine to steal cheat bribe. If you won some kind of election. But this!!! Ransackery!!!

In protest i suggest we get as many canadians to add the names of all senators and house members to their list of dependents for this years tax return.
 
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It should be remembered all political parties will use anything to create doubt about the
other guys. When it comes to sentencing and prosecuting and going the last few inches
they don't want that to happen. One reason is they have nothing left to hammer the
accused with and secondly they all close ranks because someday it might be their turn
on defence as it were. They want to make noise nothing more. Besides if it went all the
way to prosecution that would mean a resolution to a problem no politician wants that
regardless of what side they are on.
 
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damngrumpy said:
It should be remembered all political parties will use anything to create doubt about the
other guys. When it comes to sentencing and prosecuting and going the last few inches
they don't want that to happen. One reason is they have nothing left to hammer the
accused with and secondly they all close ranks because someday it might be their turn
on defence as it were. They want to make noise nothing more. Besides if it went all the
way to prosecution that would mean a resolution to a problem no politician wants that
regardless of what side they are on.
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Has that got something to do with there being honour among thieves? -:)
 
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