Posted on 02/18/2019 7:12:08 PM PST by Reverend Wright
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.
In a statement to reporters, Butts said he categorically denies allegations that he or anyone else in the PMO put this sort of pressure on Wilson-Raybould. He said the accusation is "simply not true."
Hopefully TrueDope to follow !
RE: Gerald Butts
I wonder if he ever considered changing is family name...
I asked the same question of the following people:
Mike Crapo ( Senator from Idaho )
Joe Bastardi ( Well known East Coast Meteorologist and Weather forecaster).
Look up Harry Baals, mayor of Ft Wayne during the 30s and 40s.
Was that the guy that dressed him for his India trip?
Hogg family in Texas. Daughter named Ima Hogg.
Once knew a guy whose last name was ‘Fuchs’. I gave him a lot of credit for putting up with it.
Oh, give him cash, lots of cash, then they’ll send his ass to jail, just fence him in...
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/snclavalin/index
Justin has a male secretary?
We called a kid in grade school named Andy Stein- Undy Stain.
I did nothing wrong. I am resigning. Yeah right!
Follow the money and check Trudeau’s international financial holdings.
Scratch a liar, catch a thief.
Related to Bertha Butts, one of the Butt sisters.
News headlines in the Canadian equivalent of the NY Post or Daily News: “Trudeau’s Butt Resigns” or “Major Trudeau-Butt Crack Revealed in Administration”.
As Secy Butts was leaving, Trudeau gave him the finger and said “You crack me up”.
To which Butts replied, “Pucker up Justin. You can kiss my Butt, again”.
Headline: “Butts Out”
Way past time.
His secretary is a guy...named “Butts”...
Wow, just wow.
Thank-you. I just spit water.
Actually, Turd-owe and Butts were pals from university days, both attending McGill University in Montreal. They are both leftists and enviro-weenies. There are stories that, while teaching drama in a Hongcouver school, Junior Turd-owe batted for the ‘other’ team. It was well known in d’Ottawa, that his old man, Rocky Waterhole, during his time as PM, had an extremely close relationship with Marc Lalonde, a lifelong bachelor.
Like father, like son, both had Butts buddies.
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