PM’s top aide Novak knew about $90,000 payment from Wright, Duffy trial hears

'Ray Novak was in that meeting and Ray heard this and I remember looking at Ray to see his reaction,' former PMO legal counsel tells RCMP investigators.

Evidence emerged Tuesday from a police statement that the Prime Minister’s closest and longest-serving aide was present in March, 2013, when former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright openly confirmed his plan to give Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 to repay Senate housing and per diem claims to en...

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