Feds spoke to Wilson-Raybould's lawyer about waiving solicitor-client privilege cdnpoli
Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti said that, before waiving these privileges and confidentiality, federal lawyers were in touch with Wilson-Raybould's counsel.
"We have, I believe as a government, worked to demonstrate transparency as well as balancing the fact that there is ongoing litigation we do not want to compromise, so we feel we’ve done that with this agreement," Lametti said. The order relates to any information or communications that have to do with Wilson-Raybould's time as the attorney general and exercising her authority under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act, and only in regards to the two ongoing probes of the matter, and not a blanket permission for Wilson-Raybould to speak.
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