3 interesting twists Wilson-Raybould's new evidence reveals about the SNC-Lavalin controversy

By Peter Zimonjic · CBC News

Reveals conversation about allegations Kim Campbell was ordered to interfere in a file

Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, left, says that Gerry Butts, the former principal secretary to the prime minister, tried to argue that a justice minister could interfere in a prosecution because former prime minister Brian Mulroney asked his former attorney general Kim Campbell, right, to do so in the case of David Milgaard. (Canadian Press/Justin Tang)

The additional information on the SNC-Lavalin affair that former justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould provided to a House of Commons committee Friday revealed a few interesting twists in a controversy that has had politically minded Canadians gripped for the past two months.

They include a suggestion that former prime minister Brian Mulroney once interfered in the course of justice on behalf of David Milgaard, and shed light on why Wilson-Raybould really resigned from the federal cabinet and why she said she has nothing else to offer that will further help people understand her perspective of the SNC-Lavalin affair.

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