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It’s increasingly clear that Canada isn’t particularly happy with Justin Trudeau for allegedly trying to interfere with the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. As Jane Philpott saidupon her resignation from cabinet on Monday, “the solemn principles at stake are the independence and integrity of our justice system.”

Solemn principles are one thing, but did Trudeau break the law?

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Below, the National Post bothered a bunch of legal experts to find out.

Trudeau, much like Trump, is accused of political interference in the justice system

The U.S. president, as you’ve probably heard, is currently facing a never-ending avalanche of legal scrutiny. While a Special Counsel investigation has not found all that much evidence that Donald Trump is guilty of electoral collusion with Russia, it has a better case that the president tried to obstruct the investigation into such. Specifically, that he counselled the FBI to “go easy” on his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and fired FBI director James Comey in an explicit bid to stop “the Russian thing.” “It’s very clear that the president obstructed justice,” New York Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler said this week. While Trump has a whole host of other allegations on his plate (and also has an unfortunate habit of firing off tweets reading “WITCH HUNT!”), these particular ones are eerily similar to those currently faced by Trudeau. Both men are effectively accused of using the power of their political office in order to interfere with the wheels of justice. But with one difference: Trump hasn’t yet had a former cabinet member attest to them in sworn testimony.