The Mike Duffy fraud trial continues Tuesday as lawyers seek to find out who among Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s staff knew about the $90,000 secret repayment.
On Monday, new emails were presented in court, including one for Duffy’s former lawyer which advised him to characterize the the repayment as a “contract.”
And Chris Woodcock, the prime minister’s former director of issues management, testified the PMO thought the repayment could damage the Conservative brand.
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Nigel Wright last week contradicted what Prime Minister Stephen Harper said about the $90,000 Wright paid to get Senator Duffy off the hook.
Harper has said only two people knew about the payment — Wright and Duffy.
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With files from The Canadian Press
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