Premier Wynne’s lawyer, Jack Siegel has sent a letter to PC leader Patrick Brown telling him to apologize in public for suggesting that she might ever be on trial for ethical misconduct. The threat came on the same day Ms Wynne told a Sudbury court that she at no time offered a cabinet position to then NDP MP Glenn Thibeault to become a Liberal candidate in the 2014 general election. Two party officials are trial facing just such an allegation. For his part, Brown answered reporters questions outside the Legislature (and thus unprotected by privilege) saying “I hope that the Premier will give us answers, we’re not getting them in the Legislature, maybe when she stands trial.” Siegel called the flippant remark defamatory and issued his demands. The threat has become the news of the day, a technique sometimes called “changing the subject” in political warfare. CP24 CBC
