Trudeau's Elections Commissioner is investigating me for writing The Libranos, so I taped the entire interrogation
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I was interrogated by two federal investigators for my book, The Libranos. I brought a secret camera with me to record the whole thing, so you can hear it on the video version of the interrogation. Here's the audio version.
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Hello, my friends. Very special show today. It's footage, but you'll obviously have the audio,
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of when I was interrogated by two federal investigators about my book, The Libranos.
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Just shocking. I really want to encourage you to see the video version of this, because I brought a
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secret camera in with me as I was interrogated. So you can hear it, of course, but it's a little
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muffled. We have subtitles on the video version. To get the video version of all my shows, become a
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premium subscriber. It's eight bucks a month. That's not bad. Go to premium.rebelnews.com.
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Premium.rebelnews.com. Okay, here's the podcast version.
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Tonight, I was interrogated by two federal investigators for my book about Justin Trudeau.
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Little did they know, I videoed the whole thing. It's January 29th, and this is The Ezra Levant Show.
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Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?
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There's 8,500 customers here, and you won't give them an answer. The only thing I have to say to the
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government, but why I publish it? It's because it's my bloody right to do so.
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Hello, and I'm sorry that tonight's show was posted a little bit late. We've been working
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feverishly on it all day. It's, in the main, a hidden camera video of when two federal investigators
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grilled me at their Ottawa headquarters about my book,
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The Libranos, and the promotion of that book. We have a special video presentation for you based
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on that hidden camera video of my own interrogation. And then I sit down with one of my favorite
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lawyers, our free speech lawyers that fought against Trudeau's debates commission in October,
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and he'll give me advice on how to fight back against this intrusion by Justin Trudeau. So sit
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back and enjoy, if that's the word, an extended video from the interrogation, and then my conversation
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I wrote a book called The Libranos, What the Media Won't Tell You About Justin Trudeau's Corruption.
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During the election, it hit number two on the Amazon bestseller list with rave reviews.
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Justin Trudeau did not like that. So over Christmas, I received this letter from the
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government by registered mail, accusing me of breaking the law and demanding that I meet
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with investigators. And if I didn't, I'd get in deeper trouble. You can read that letter for
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yourself at SaveRebelNews.com. So last week, I went to Ottawa to be interrogated at the high
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security headquarters of Elections Canada. I was curious, were they really serious? Were
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they really going to investigate me and prosecute me and fine me, maybe even jail me for writing
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a book that criticized their boss during an election? Yes. The senior investigator actually
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told me that by choosing to publish my book during the election, that made it an illegal campaign
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activity. Here, take a look. You did a blurb online that I watched, and you speak about,
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of course, that it was released in time for the election. Which, if that's your position today,
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that wouldn't allow you to have the exemption for advertising for a book.
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Yeah, I think I know why they told me I wasn't allowed to videotape my interrogation.
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And just to be clear, because of the security features in this area here,
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I know a video recording will be allowed. Thanks for the suggestion, but one thing I've learned
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from kangaroo courts is that no one will believe how bad they are unless they see it with their own
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eyes. So instead of telling you how it went, let me show you. I recorded almost an hour of footage,
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so I'll put it online in a series of videos. This is the first. I'll put the rest up at
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saverebelnews.com. And while you're there, please consider helping me cover my legal bills,
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because these guys are deadly serious. They have at least five federal investigators on the case.
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How many investigators are on this file? So far, it's four people that have been in touch with me
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from your office, plus an anonymous email. How many people do you have on this project?
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I'm not sure. I'm not sure how many there actually are on the file. We've been asked today
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to meet with you and to collect the facts that we'll give back to the main investigator,
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which is Louise Panton, who will write up her report based on the knowledge that we have,
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so that she can inform the commissioner, so he can make an informed decision as to
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Four cops plus the boss. And I really mean cops, former senior RCMP officers. My interrogation was
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conducted by Tim Mackin, a 30-year veteran of the RCMP, where he worked on terrorism cases.
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And Paul Couture, also a 30-year veteran of the RCMP, who also worked on terrorism cases.
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That's who was interrogating me. They wouldn't give me their business cards, but I managed to
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take a photo of their ID. So yeah, I have to lawyer up. If you can help me, please do at
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SaveRebelNews.com. Anyways, when we sat down, I actually asked the first question to the cops.
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What exactly was the complaint against me? I'd come all the way to Ottawa to defend myself
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against some complaint, but they hadn't shown it to me yet, so I didn't know what I had supposedly
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No. I presume that you're investigating me based on a complaint.
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Oh, this is still part of the investigation, so we'll have to, once the investigation's been
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completed, the commissioner will have to make a decision. At that point, he'll have to decide
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if that is releasable or not. It's not something that usually is released, no.
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It's not a secret complaint. It's just a complaint that's part of the investigation.
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And to keep the integrity of the investigation right now, you'll understand that we can't
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Oh, I don't want everything that you have. I just, if I'm here to meet a complaint, but
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you won't show me the complaint, how can I possibly meet the complaint? How can I possibly
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Well, I think the letter was quite clear on what we're, what the infraction is, is alleged,
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Well, did you generate the complaint, or was it from an outside party?
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Okay, so someone, so someone external to your office generated the complaint?
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Yes, yeah. Yeah, we did not generate the complaint.
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Okay, was it the Liberal Party that generated the complaint?
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So at what point do you tell me who the secret complaint is?
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The commissioner is the ultimate responsible person for the investigation and how this is
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So how do I know what I've, what conduct has been complained about if you won't tell me?
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They kept referring to their Christmastime letter to me about the complaint, but not the
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They were conducting a secret interrogation of me based on a secret complaint.
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My name is Paul Couture, spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-E.
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I will ask my colleague to please identify himself for the recording.
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And sir, could you, just for recording, advice who you are?
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I'm, I don't know if I can tell you that secret.
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Just for the recording, we have with us Mr. Levant, who registered at the front office.
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I suppose I should have left the meeting right there.
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These two cops kept saying the door was unlocked and I could just walk out.
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I believe that this is contrary to the statute.
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And I think it may actually be contrary to the Constitution.
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I just want to put it on the record that I'm here under protest.
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You understand that you can leave at any time, sir?
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You're free to answer or not the questions that we may have.
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We're here to have a discussion to clarify the issues that were mentioned in the letter to your attention.
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Do you have a copy of the letter in front of you?
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I mean, whoever heard of an author being interrogated by police?
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That's how they do it in China or Iran, not Canada.
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Okay, well, what documents did they expect from me?
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Were they going to go through my editorial notes?
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We need to have a conversation to understand what your point of view was on the actual signs
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and determine when they were actually produced and to what means.
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And from there, we'll see later if you have any documentation that you want to provide us,
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we'll be more than happy to accept whatever you want to provide.
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Well, I don't want to provide you anything because I think this is an unlawful investigation.
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But your letter made it clear that coming here would reduce any penalties.
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And we don't know if we need documents or not right now at this point.
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So, you don't want any documents at this point.
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Do you know now if you will want documents at a later day?
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I am not the lead investigator in this file, sir.
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I'm here to gather some facts for today and report back to the lead investigator.
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And if she determines that she would want an offering.
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Well, they sounded like errand boys for someone else.
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Will you subpoena my documents if I don't give them to you?
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Like I said, I'm not the lead investigator in this file.
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It sounds like they sent the sandwich boy down.
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So, Mr. Levant, why don't we just cross the first portion,
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which is if you are representing Rebel News Network.
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Yeah, I'll tell you my secret if you tell me your secret.
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And the thing is, you actually have an obligation to tell me your secret.
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How can I push back against a complaint you won't show me?
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Do you want to take a break and get some permission from your mom or whoever
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So you've been instructed not to show me the complaint.
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I said the complaint is part of the investigation,
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and it's not something that we release while the investigation is ongoing.
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So how can I possibly respond to a secret complaint?
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We have indicated what is part of the complaint.
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We all know that writing books during elections is not illegal.
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In fact, that's when many political books are published.
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There were plenty of pro-Trudeau books published at the same time as mine.
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The Election Act specifically exempts books and the promotion of books from the law.
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they actually quote the section that proves I'm exempt.
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a threat letter before from any public authority
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that contains within it a defense against the accusation.
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I'm talking about the paragraph on the second page by Milain Gijoux
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the definition of election advertising in the Act
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that could promote or oppose a registered party or candidate,
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but that do not constitute election advertising
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These examples is one that applies to the promotion of the sale of a book
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if the book was planned to be made available to the public
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but I've got to tell you my radar gun's broken,
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to see if the book had been planned ahead of time
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Headquarters, to you at home, good night and keep