PMO staffer advised Trudeau to do nothing amidst Han Dong nomination concerns

Jeremy Broadhurst said intelligence concerns surrounding Han Dong’s 2019 nomination in Don Valley North warranted briefing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but did not meet the “extremely high bar” of overturning the result.Han Dong celebrates with supporters in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2014.

The Liberal Party’s campaign director for the 2019 federal election recommended Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take no action in response to intelligence concerns surrounding Han Dong’s nomination in Don Valley North. Appearing before the public inquiry into foreign interference on Tuesday, Jeremy Broadhurst, a senior advisor to Trudeau, testified that he was alerted to potential irregularities in Dong’s nomination process by two Liberal party representatives in the run-up to the 2019 election.

Broadhurst said the significance of the intelligence warranted briefing Trudeau, but that he ultimately decided not to recommend any reactive measures considering the “extremely high bar for overturning a democratic process.”

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