John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2019 2:06 PM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Gerald Butts has resigned from his position as senior political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
In a major shakeup to the highest ranks of the Prime Minister's Office, Gerald Butts resigned Monday as Justin Trudeau's principal secretary.
The bombshell departure — Butts, along with chief of staff Katie Telford, are the two most senior staffers in Trudeau's inner circle — comes amid allegations that senior members of the PMO pressured former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to help Quebec-based multinational engineering firm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal prosecution on bribery and fraud charges in relation to contracts in Libya.....
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