Juno News - April 06, 2019


Justin Trudeau contradicts himself


Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

114.60228

Word Count

231

Sentence Count

26


Summary

The Prime Minister has caught himself in a trap of his own making. He came out on February 15th and said that no one had come forward to raise concerns about his conduct. And now he admits, on the floor of the House of Commons, that way before, in September, his own attorney general asked him to his face if he was interfering.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 At that September meeting, the Attorney General reports that she looked the Prime Minister in the eye and said,
00:00:10.880 are you interfering with my role as Attorney General? Because I strongly advise against it.
00:00:18.920 Does the Prime Minister remember her saying any such thing?
00:00:23.860 Mr. Speaker, once she said that, I responded, no, I am not.
00:00:29.640 It is her decision to make. And she then committed to revisit and look into the decision once again, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:37.960 All these are elements in the testimony that we have heard, that the Justice Committee examined exhaustively.
00:00:43.620 If anyone felt differently, they had an obligation to raise that with me.
00:00:50.020 No one, including Jody, did that.
00:00:54.040 And now the Prime Minister has caught himself in a trap of his own making.
00:01:00.720 He came out on February 15th and said that no one had come forward to raise any concerns about his conduct.
00:01:09.980 And now he admits, on the floor of the House of Commons, that way before, in September, his own Attorney General asked him to his face if he was interfering.
00:01:23.620 Why is it the Prime Minister having so much difficulty remembering his story?
00:01:28.540 Is it because it is simply not true?
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