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She replied: “Well, I feel that I am giving him my best advice and if he does not accept that advice then it is his prerogative to do what he wants, but I am trying to protect the prime minister from political interference or perceived political interference or otherwise.”

Wernick answered: “I understand but he does not have the power to do what he wants. All the tools are in your hands.”

“OK,” she says, “so I am having thoughts of the Saturday Night Massacre here, Michael, to be honest with you,” she said referring to Saturday, Oct. 20, 1973, when U.S. President Richard Nixon provoked the resignations of his attorney general and deputy attorney general and ordered the firing of the special counsel investigating the Watergate scandal.

“This is not a great place for me to be in. I do not relish this place but what I am confident of,” she said “is that I have given the prime minister my best advice to protect him and to protect the constitutional principle of prosecutorial independence.”

Wernick said: “I am worried about a collision then because he is pretty firm about this. I just saw him a few hours ago and this is really important to him.”

The next time Wilson-Raybould heard from the PM or anyone in the PMO was on Jan. 7 when she was essentially fired from her role as attorney general. That was a Monday but it’s clear Wilson-Raybould viewed it as Canada’s own Saturday Night Massacre.

Loggerheads. Collision. Monday Morning Massacre.

Clearly, we now have the proof that the PMO inappropriately pressured the attorney general, not just he said/she said. That’s much more than a political bombshell. Canada’s reputation as a principled country that follows the rule of law has been terribly damaged. It’s also clear that the PM and many of the people around him have lied throughout this controversy. She has proof. They have lies. Ka-Boom!

Licia Corbella is a Postmedia opinion columnist. lcorbella@postmedia.com