Guergis allegations 'ridiculous boasts': lawyer

[daleo]

The allegations against MP Helena Guergis are nothing more than "ridiculous boasts" made by a businessman facing fraud charges, the lawyer representing the former Conservative cabinet minister said Thursday.
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The Star report also reported Snowdy as saying he told a Conservative Party lawyer that Gillani boasted he had cellphone pictures of Jaffer and Guergis "partying" with high-class escorts when cocaine was being snorted.

In an email to CBC News and other media organizations Thursday, Rubel wrote that the source of the allegations is "a report from a private investigator who, apparently while presenting himself as another potential victim of a man currently facing fraud charges, was told these ridiculous 'boasts' in an attempt to convince the investigator to do business with him."
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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/15/guergis-ethics-commissioner.html#ixzz0lBpayQNj
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Why would Gullani boast to the PI (who had disguised himself as a prospective business partner) that he takes comproming photos of his business partners, so that he can blackmail them later?

If it doesn't make sense, it's probably not true. There's got to be a lot more to this.

[ZeitgeistObserver]

1. Or it's all hearsay, and Harper has fired

a minister over gossip and rumour.

[daleo]

2. Possible

But Jaffer's cocaine wasn't hearsay.

Obviously a real investigation is needed, not just claims by a private investigator. We are now hearing that Harper didn't actually direct the police to do anything, or the ethics commissioner (he left it to their discretion, though his statement on Friday implied otherwise). Clarity is needed. This isn't going away.