PM Harper knew about $90,000 repayment scheme, argues Duffy’s lawyer

'The payment was the culmination of a conspiratorial strategy directed by Nigel Wright in concert with a small group, his own words, of his PMO cohorts and underlings and three key Tory Senators' to protect the prime minister, defence laywer Donald Bayne says.

The former chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who wrote a cheque for $90,000 to pay off suspended Senator Mike Duffy’s expense claims after allegations he illegitimately claimed his P.E.I. summer home as a primary residence, will testify at a criminal trial over the affair th...

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