Feds rang up $1.4M in legal costs during failed prosecution of Mark Norman

Revealed this week by Justice Minister David Lametti in a written response to a question from the official Opposition Conservatives, the figure indication of the financial price of the high-profile and politically charged case.

"Based on the hours recorded, the total amount of legal costs incurred amounts to approximately $1,425,389.68, as of Dec. 9, 2019." The Mounties and Crown prosecutors alleged Norman leaked information about the contract to pressure the new Liberal government in 2015 to move ahead with the project to convert a civilian ship into a temporary support vessel for the navy, rather than cancel it.

Crown prosecutors eventually stayed the charge in May 2019, telling the judge that new evidence they'd received from Norman's defence team had led them to conclude there was no reasonable chance of a conviction.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

Trudeau coerced the judicial to charge him and when it fell apart, he BRIBED Norman with our tax dollars to shut up...Trudeau thinks he’s a dictator in a Banana Republic...and he is because he has FIVE ETHICS VIOLATIONS AND WAS NEVER CHARGED BY THE RCMP!!

Brilliant

They spent $1.4M trying to destroy an innocent and loyal Canadian and gave $10.5M to reward somebody who is neither of those things. WTF

That’s not including the “undisclosed settlement” that was paid to Vice Admiral Norman, which I would bet is north of a few million as well.

What a disgusting use of taxpayer dollars.

This is the Banana Republic at it's best under the authority of JustinTrudeau and his junkies within the liberal_party

That was the under reported story of 2019. A blatant abuse of power on the part of JustinTrudeau and his cronies. Canada is no better than a Banana Republic

Give the bill to Trudeau and the Liberals

Change the headline to Hard Working Canadian’s taxes wasted on...

JustinTrudeau has no value of money but does like to spend against military instead of for it.

Please, it wasn't a prosecution it was a persecution to make an example out of him and to scare whistleblowers. And how much did the settlement cost?

It should be charged to the Liberal party. It was a political hit job.

Ça c’est pas bon

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