RCMP not investigating political interference allegations in SNC-Lavalin affair

The RCMP says it is not investigating allegations of political interference in the federal handling of criminal charges against engineering firm SNC-Lavalin.

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Their comment comes after a recent response to a public interest group’s access to information request suggested the mounties were conducting such a probe.

SNC Lavalin Group and two of its affiliates were charged in 2015 with the corruption of a foreign public official and fraud stemming from business dealings in Libya. In early 2019, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that the Prime Minister’s aides leaned on then-federal-attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to ensure there was a deal that would avoid prosecution.

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