是哈总理把他给办了的。
All - yes all - 31 charges against Senator Mike Duffy are dismissed
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根本不了解全貌，由他们说去吧。
Duffy sat in the Senate as an independent, representing Prince Edward Island, until the Senate voted on November 5, 2013, to suspend him without pay for two years. With the early call of the election on August 2, 2015, by Prime Minister Harper, Senators Brazeau, Duffy and Wallin recommenced receiving their salaries and benefits.[3] On July 17, 2014 he was charged with 31 criminal offenses including fraud, breach of trust and bribery.[4] On April 21, 2016 he was acquitted of all 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.[5][6]
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注意几个时间。大选是在2015年10月。
Duffy sat in the Senate as an independent, representing Prince Edward Island, until the Senate voted on November 5, 2013, to suspend him without pay for two years. With the early call of the election on August 2, 2015, by Prime Minister Harper, Senators Brazeau, Duffy and Wallin recommenced receiving their salaries and benefits.[3] On July 17, 2014 he was charged with 31 criminal offenses including fraud, breach of trust and bribery.[4] On April 21, 2016 he was acquitted of all 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.[5][6]
http://www.ottawalife.com/2016/04/21st-century-lynching-and-shakespearean-tragedy-take-centre-stage/
受访者Dan Donovan任职的杂志Ottawa Life Magazine 在去年五月发文力辩Duffy did nothing wrong.
受访者Dan Donovan任职的杂志Ottawa Life Magazine 在去年五月发文力辩Duffy did nothing wrong.
最后编辑:
今天判决 Duffy did nothing wrong，但是法官痛斥 Harper's office did very wrong. 所以今天是 Duffy 的胜利，但看起来是新一轮对保守党政治攻击的开始，Duffy 没有错，那谁错了呢？Duffy 受贿指控被 clear了，法官说他是被动的，可是9万是转移了，那个主动送钱的呢，如果深挖就不得了。
看看新闻，法官怎么说，带引号的原话即使记者再左，也不敢改。这法官，俨然自由党政客，语言像竞选中的负面攻击广告：
Justice Charles Vaillancourt said the Prime Minister's Office under Harper treated Senators as "pawns" and described Duffy as just another "piece on the chess board."
"The political, covert, relentless unfolding of events is mind-boggling and shocking," he said. "The precision and planning of the exercise would make any military commander proud. But in the context of a democratic society, the plotting that's revealed in the emails can only be described as unacceptable."
Vaillancourt portrayed Duffy as an unwilling partner in a scheme to accept a $90,000 cheque from Harper's former chief of staff Nigel Wright to cover questionable expenses, even though they were likely legitimate,
"Could Hollywood match their creativity?" he asked.
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Mike Duffy verdict: Judge dismisses 27 of 31 charges and finds ‘credible’ senator not guilty of the other four
Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | April 21, 2016 6:54 PM ET
The once-towering case against Sen. Mike Duffy collapsed utterly Thursday as a judge cleared the man at the centre of the long-running Senate expense scandal — and delivered a scathing indictment of the “ruthless” tactics of the Prime Minister’s Office under Stephen Harper.
Duffy celebrated with hugs from friends and hearty handshakes with his lawyers after Ontario Court Justice Charles Vaillancourt spent the better part of the day burnishing the controversial senator’s long-tarnished reputation.
Duffy left the court without speaking to reporters but his counsel, Donald Bayne, called it “a resounding acquittal.”
“I would say that Sen. Duffy has been subjected for the last two and half, three years, to more public humiliation than probably any Canadian in history,” said Bayne.
When it came to the political operatives around the former prime minister, notably Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright, Vaillancourt did not mince words.
“Was Nigel Wright actually ordering senior members of the Senate around as if they were mere pawns on a chess board?” Vaillancourt asked.
“Were those same senior members of the Senate meekly acquiescing to Mr. Wright’s orders? Were those same senior members of the Senate robotically marching to recite their scripted lines?
“Did Nigel Wright really direct the senator to approach a senior member of an accounting firm that was conducting an independent audit of the Senate to get a peek at the report or part of the report prior to its release to appropriate Senate authorities or to influence that report in any way?
Nigel Wright arrives at the Ottawa Court House to testify in the Mike Duffy trial, August 17, 2015.
“Does the reading of these emails give the impression that Sen. Duffy was going to do as he was told or face the consequences?”
Yes, Vaillancourt concluded, citing a number of email communications that were entered into evidence.
“The precision and planning of this exercise would make any military commander cry,” he said. “In the context of a democratic society, the plotting revealed in the emails can only be described as unacceptable.”
After 62 days of hearings, Vaillancourt’s long-awaited decision was a systematic dismantling of the Crown’s case, starting with a raft of charges stemming from his travel expense claims and his residency declaration — an issue of direct relevance to Duffy’s eligibility to represent P.E.I.
Scenes from the courtroom as Justice Vaillancourt reads his verdict.
He dismissed eight charges related specifically to Duffy’s arrangements with friend Gerald Donohue, as well as a former intern and a makeup artist and his personal trainer. Those charges are connected to some $65,000 in contracts Duffy arranged with companies owned by Donohue to pay for various services to other individuals.
“The circumstances of this case are a far cry from the usual fraud/breach of trust playbook,” Vaillancourt said of the Donohue arrangements.
“I was not presented with evidence suggesting expensive wining and dining, lavish living or pricey gambling junkets, or secret financial hideaways. Now, fraud and breach of trust can occur outside the aforementioned examples; however, the thrust of all of Sen. Duffy’s perceived misadventures was focused on Senate business.”
Vaillancourt — who did not explicitly state why he was dismissing some charges and finding Duffy not guilty on others — described the senator as a “credible witness” and cast doubt on the Crown’s allegations.
“This case provided me with ample opportunity to assess the credibility of Sen. Duffy,” he said. “He was on the stand for many hours; at the end of the day I find that Sen. Duffy is an overall credible witness.”
He declared Duffy to have shown no criminal or “sinister” intent — save perhaps for some opportunism — in filing his expense claims.
“Sen. Duffy believed reasonably … that all of the travel encompassed by counts three to 20 were properly expensed as parliamentary functions.”
As he dismissed the charges related to Duffy’s travel claims, Vaillancourt said at one point that “the Crown has not established the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Senator Mike Duffy and former prime minister Stephen Harper are shown at a February 2012 caucus meeting in a handout photo that was entered as evidence at the Duffy trail on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.
Vaillancourt said Duffy “did not ignore the gathering storm around his appointment,” but rather “sought out reassurance about those issues and was assured that he has no valid concerns.”
He said Duffy “honestly and reasonably believed and relied on the advice he received regarding his appointment and his primary residence, and he acted upon it.”
It’s was long-awaited finale to a stubborn political drama that dispatched Wright as chief of staff, staggered the Conservative re-election campaign, embarrassed and diminished the Senate and laid bare the inner workings of a notoriously guarded and secretive government.
Duffy was charged in July 2014 with 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, the latter being the most serious of all the charges. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.
Vaillancourt said despite the “dalliance with definitions” that Duffy’s lawyer and the Crown played over the term “primary residence,” no such definition exists in the Senate rules that guide spending decisions.
Brice Hall / National Post
“After reviewing the submissions and the facts in this case, I am not satisfied that the Crown has proven the guilt of Sen. Duffy in relation to alleged fraudulent residency declarations, and their expense claims in connection thereto, beyond a reasonable a doubt.”
He said he did not find the senator was engaged in “sinister motive or design” in using pre-signed blank travel forms, although he added doing so probably wasn’t a good idea.
The bribery charge was the result of Wright’s decision to personally pay the $90,000 in living expenses Duffy claimed by declaring his long-time home in an Ottawa suburb was actually a secondary residence.
The remaining 30 fraud and breach of trust charges related to Senate money the Crown alleged Duffy either received for trips that had nothing to do with Senate work or that he funnelled through a friend’s company to cover costs the Senate wouldn’t pay for.
Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | April 21, 2016 6:54 PM ET
The once-towering case against Sen. Mike Duffy collapsed utterly Thursday as a judge cleared the man at the centre of the long-running Senate expense scandal — and delivered a scathing indictment of the “ruthless” tactics of the Prime Minister’s Office under Stephen Harper.
Duffy celebrated with hugs from friends and hearty handshakes with his lawyers after Ontario Court Justice Charles Vaillancourt spent the better part of the day burnishing the controversial senator’s long-tarnished reputation.
Duffy left the court without speaking to reporters but his counsel, Donald Bayne, called it “a resounding acquittal.”
“I would say that Sen. Duffy has been subjected for the last two and half, three years, to more public humiliation than probably any Canadian in history,” said Bayne.
When it came to the political operatives around the former prime minister, notably Harper’s former chief of staff Nigel Wright, Vaillancourt did not mince words.
“Was Nigel Wright actually ordering senior members of the Senate around as if they were mere pawns on a chess board?” Vaillancourt asked.
“Were those same senior members of the Senate meekly acquiescing to Mr. Wright’s orders? Were those same senior members of the Senate robotically marching to recite their scripted lines?
“Did Nigel Wright really direct the senator to approach a senior member of an accounting firm that was conducting an independent audit of the Senate to get a peek at the report or part of the report prior to its release to appropriate Senate authorities or to influence that report in any way?
Nigel Wright arrives at the Ottawa Court House to testify in the Mike Duffy trial, August 17, 2015.
“Does the reading of these emails give the impression that Sen. Duffy was going to do as he was told or face the consequences?”
Yes, Vaillancourt concluded, citing a number of email communications that were entered into evidence.
“The precision and planning of this exercise would make any military commander cry,” he said. “In the context of a democratic society, the plotting revealed in the emails can only be described as unacceptable.”
After 62 days of hearings, Vaillancourt’s long-awaited decision was a systematic dismantling of the Crown’s case, starting with a raft of charges stemming from his travel expense claims and his residency declaration — an issue of direct relevance to Duffy’s eligibility to represent P.E.I.
Scenes from the courtroom as Justice Vaillancourt reads his verdict.
He dismissed eight charges related specifically to Duffy’s arrangements with friend Gerald Donohue, as well as a former intern and a makeup artist and his personal trainer. Those charges are connected to some $65,000 in contracts Duffy arranged with companies owned by Donohue to pay for various services to other individuals.
“The circumstances of this case are a far cry from the usual fraud/breach of trust playbook,” Vaillancourt said of the Donohue arrangements.
“I was not presented with evidence suggesting expensive wining and dining, lavish living or pricey gambling junkets, or secret financial hideaways. Now, fraud and breach of trust can occur outside the aforementioned examples; however, the thrust of all of Sen. Duffy’s perceived misadventures was focused on Senate business.”
Vaillancourt — who did not explicitly state why he was dismissing some charges and finding Duffy not guilty on others — described the senator as a “credible witness” and cast doubt on the Crown’s allegations.
“This case provided me with ample opportunity to assess the credibility of Sen. Duffy,” he said. “He was on the stand for many hours; at the end of the day I find that Sen. Duffy is an overall credible witness.”
He declared Duffy to have shown no criminal or “sinister” intent — save perhaps for some opportunism — in filing his expense claims.
“Sen. Duffy believed reasonably … that all of the travel encompassed by counts three to 20 were properly expensed as parliamentary functions.”
As he dismissed the charges related to Duffy’s travel claims, Vaillancourt said at one point that “the Crown has not established the guilt of the accused beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Senator Mike Duffy and former prime minister Stephen Harper are shown at a February 2012 caucus meeting in a handout photo that was entered as evidence at the Duffy trail on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.
Vaillancourt said Duffy “did not ignore the gathering storm around his appointment,” but rather “sought out reassurance about those issues and was assured that he has no valid concerns.”
He said Duffy “honestly and reasonably believed and relied on the advice he received regarding his appointment and his primary residence, and he acted upon it.”
It’s was long-awaited finale to a stubborn political drama that dispatched Wright as chief of staff, staggered the Conservative re-election campaign, embarrassed and diminished the Senate and laid bare the inner workings of a notoriously guarded and secretive government.
Duffy was charged in July 2014 with 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, the latter being the most serious of all the charges. He has pleaded not guilty to all of them.
Vaillancourt said despite the “dalliance with definitions” that Duffy’s lawyer and the Crown played over the term “primary residence,” no such definition exists in the Senate rules that guide spending decisions.
Brice Hall / National Post
“After reviewing the submissions and the facts in this case, I am not satisfied that the Crown has proven the guilt of Sen. Duffy in relation to alleged fraudulent residency declarations, and their expense claims in connection thereto, beyond a reasonable a doubt.”
He said he did not find the senator was engaged in “sinister motive or design” in using pre-signed blank travel forms, although he added doing so probably wasn’t a good idea.
The bribery charge was the result of Wright’s decision to personally pay the $90,000 in living expenses Duffy claimed by declaring his long-time home in an Ottawa suburb was actually a secondary residence.
The remaining 30 fraud and breach of trust charges related to Senate money the Crown alleged Duffy either received for trips that had nothing to do with Senate work or that he funnelled through a friend’s company to cover costs the Senate wouldn’t pay for.
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