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Trudeau Admits ‘Mistake’ as He Faces Third Corruption Scandal
Breitbart ^ | July 15 2020 | GABRIELLE REYES

Posted on 07/15/2020 12:38:32 PM PDT by knighthawk

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on Monday for granting a federal aid program to a private organization that has paid his family at least $220,000, Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail reported on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Trudeau faced increasing calls from both sides of the aisle for him to testify before parliament over his involvement in the federal government’s decision to grant a now-canceled $664 million federal contract to We Charity, an organization that has paid his family members on multiple occasions for speaking engagements.

“I made a mistake in not recusing myself immediately from the discussions, given our family’s history, and I’m sincerely sorry about not having done that,” Trudeau said at a press conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corruption; trudeau; trudeauscandal
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1 posted on 07/15/2020 12:38:32 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Unfrakinreal.

Soyboy...... /facepalm


2 posted on 07/15/2020 12:39:40 PM PDT by cranked
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To: knighthawk

Mistakes...were made.


3 posted on 07/15/2020 12:40:30 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: cranked

{yawn}...

Nothing happened to him the first two times. And nothing is going to happen to him now. They’ve become allergic to voting Conservative up there.


4 posted on 07/15/2020 12:40:48 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: knighthawk

The “mistake” of course is he got caught.


5 posted on 07/15/2020 12:41:38 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: knighthawk

Three Strikes You’re Out! Hoping that Third Time’s the Charm!!!


6 posted on 07/15/2020 12:41:42 PM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: knighthawk

“I’m sorry you found out how corrupt I am.”


7 posted on 07/15/2020 12:41:51 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: knighthawk

See...Canadians have their Democrats too.....


8 posted on 07/15/2020 12:42:03 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: knighthawk

Time to go you Punch-drunk Pothead


9 posted on 07/15/2020 12:42:18 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: knighthawk

In the US this would be business as usual.


10 posted on 07/15/2020 12:42:26 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Baby Castro strikes again.


11 posted on 07/15/2020 12:42:26 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Cowboy Bob

Money ...... was made...................


12 posted on 07/15/2020 12:43:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'..........................)
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To: knighthawk

Canada should never be taken seriously for anything.


13 posted on 07/15/2020 12:43:39 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Cowboy Bob

But they were honest mistakes...


14 posted on 07/15/2020 12:44:51 PM PDT by nhbob1
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To: knighthawk

Mistakes were made... He got paid... How convenient.


15 posted on 07/15/2020 12:44:51 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: knighthawk

So illegal kickbacks are now named “mistakes”. Interesting.


16 posted on 07/15/2020 12:44:59 PM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: knighthawk

Oh gee, I wonder if the voters in Toronto will forgive him for this one.


17 posted on 07/15/2020 12:45:43 PM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: EnquiringMind

It’s a three ring circus of corruption and graft. It’s what big-govt liberals are all about.


18 posted on 07/15/2020 12:46:26 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: knighthawk
At what point does "mistakes" become incompetence or corruption?

-PJ

19 posted on 07/15/2020 12:46:28 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: knighthawk

If he’s admitting this one, bet there are things hidden that are 100 times worse.


20 posted on 07/15/2020 12:46:32 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you haimeve. Don't wit. Do it today.)
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