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But a newly filed lawsuit reveals some of the details of what happened in the following years. It says Kennedy filed grievances against the immigration department, and signed a confidentiality agreement as part of a settlement of those grievances. She then obtained a new security clearance and worked briefly in the Public Safety department before losing her security clearance again.

Kennedy is alleging immigration department employees breached that confidentiality agreement, causing her to lose her clearance, and thus her job.

The lawsuit does not say what the grievances involved or how Kennedy had been able to get a new security clearance despite the numerous media stories about the scandal.

“Although my client would love the opportunity to openly respond to all questions, she has chosen and is legally obliged as a result of (the settlement) to let the evidence and the testimonies, that will be made public in due time during the course of court proceedings, speak for itself,” said Kennedy’s lawyer Louise Morel in an email to the Post.

“No wrongdoing was the final outcome of the internal investigation,” Morel said when asked about the investigation into Kennedy’s relationship with Azarbar. She did not respond to a follow-up question about whether that meant there was no relationship.

The lawsuit says Kennedy filed two grievances against the immigration department (referred to as CIC/IRCC in the document). The department settled the matter by entering into a “Memorandum of Agreement” with Kennedy in October 2015.