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As Joshua Boyle, thank God, must be presumed innocent, so may Justin Trudeau be presumed to be merely stupid.

Continuing the Liberal tradition of looking kindly upon the highly sketchy, Trudeau met Boyle and family in his office on Dec. 18.

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Officials in the PMO only confirmed the meeting after Boyle tweeted pictures of his young children frolicking in Trudeau’s office and the PM sitting with the youngest, baby Ma’idah Grace, on his lap.

Now, of course, the 34-year-old Boyle is facing a raft of serious criminal charges — he made a brief court appearance by video in Ottawa Wednesday — and Trudeau appears by the kindest light as an aging naïf sorely lacking in judgment.

At the time, when reporters who saw the Boyle tweets inquired at the PMO, they were told “It was a private meeting and we will not say more due to privacy considerations and out of respect for the family.”

Now, no one in the PMO is commenting further because, that wonderfully handy and well-used excuse, the investigation is ongoing.