Politics This Morning: Chief PMO aide, Gerald Butts, resigns amid questions of political interference

His resignation as principal secretary comes just a day before the House and Senate returns and ahead of Tuesday's in-camera House Justice Committee meeting.

Ex-principal secretary Gerald Butts, left, with PMO chief of staff, Katie Telford. Mr. Butts announced his resignation on Monday amid allegations that he, along with other PMO staffers, may have interfered in the judicial process in the case against SNC-Lavalin, which is facing fraud and corruption charges over its operations in Libya.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

February 19, 2019

Good Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief political aide and longtime confidant, Gerald Butts, on Monday announced his resignation, as opposition parties push for answers over whether he, and other PMO staffers, pressed former attorney general ...

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