Monday, February 18, 2019

Resignation

Oh, this is going to burn:

Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary and long-time friend, has resigned amid allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office interfered to prevent a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin.

In a statement, Butts unequivocally denies the accusation that he or anyone else in the office improperly pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help the Montreal engineering giant avoid a criminal case on corruption and bribery charges related to government contracts in Libya.

Nevertheless, Butts says the allegation is distracting from the “vital work” Trudeau is doing so it’s in the best interests of the Prime Minister’s Office for him to step aside.

(Sidebar: was Buttsy pressured? Did Justin accept his decision? Seeing as he was free and clear to not testify, even behind closed doors, what could have motivated him to pack and run?)


Now, did Buttsy resign to save Justin or did he resign to save himself?

Time, it will tell.

One thing is for certain: without the help of his most trusted puppeteer, on whom will Justin rely for scripted lines that seem vaguely plausible?


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