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    Former Top Aide To Canada's Trudeau Pushes Back Amid Brewing Political Scandal

    The prime minister is facing accusations that he and his advisers tried to intervene inappropriately in a criminal prosecution of a powerful firm hailing from Trudeau's home city of Montréal.
    by Brian Mann Mar 06, 2019 2 minutes
    Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, D.C., in 2016. At home, Trudeau has faced a growing political in recent weeks.

    A close ally of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before Parliament on Tuesday, hoping to quell a growing political scandal that has already forced three high-level resignations.

    "At the end of the day, we really didn't feel that anybody was doing anything wrong," said Gerald Butts, a principal secretary and top aide to Trudeau, who himself stepped down abruptly last

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