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    Justin Trudeau Chalks Recent Political Turmoil Up To 'Erosion Of Trust'

    Canada's prime minister said he was unaware of miscommunication that unfolded, leading his former attorney general to say she was pressured in the case of a firm charged with bribery and fraud.
    by Sasha Ingber Mar 07, 2019 2 minutes
    Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks to reporters at a news conference on March 7, in Ottawa, Canada. He was accused of interfering in a criminal investigation of SNC-Lavalin, a powerful engineering firm.

    Facing accusations in an election year that he pressured his former attorney general on a prominent criminal case, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Thursday that the debacle stemmed from a breakdown in trust and communication.

    At a news conference in Ottawa, he told reporters that trust had deteriorated between Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former attorney general who resigned from Trudeau's cabinet in February, and Gerald Butts, Trudeau's

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