Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385K over corruption probe leaks | 24CA News

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Published 05.04.2023
Quebec ordered to pay ex-premier Jean Charest 5K over corruption probe leaks  | 24CA News

The Quebec Superior Court has ordered the provincial authorities to pay ex-premier Jean Charest $385,000 as a result of details about a corruption investigation concentrating on the Liberals was leaked to journalists.

Charest filed a lawsuit in opposition to Quebec’s anti-corruption police — often known as UPAC — and the province’s legal professional basic after particulars of an investigation into alleged unlawful Liberal social gathering financing have been leaked in 2017.

The former Liberal premier was by no means charged within the investigation and has stated the leaks tarnished his status and impacted him personally.

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UPAC closed its investigation — dubbed Machurer — in February 2022 with out laying expenses.

Superior Court Justice Gregory Moore wrote in his April 4 resolution that the leaks violated a number of legal guidelines and laws that UPAC had an obligation to uphold.

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Charest tweeted Tuesday that he was finding out the judgment along with his legal professionals and would have extra to say in the present day.


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