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The Canadian Press

In June 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the House of Commons that his former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, was the only one who knew Wright had given $90,000 to Mike Duffy.

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“Those were his decisions,” Harper said. “They were not communicated to me or to members of my office.”

New evidence disclosed at Duffy’s trial this week suggests otherwise. Here’s a look at some of the key people around Harper who, it turns out, were well aware of the secret Duffy repayment plan.

Nigel Wright: Harper’s former chief of staff, now an executive in London, England at private equity firm Onex Corp. Wright was the central figure in talks between Duffy and the Prime Minister’s Office – talks that culminated in the arrangement that saw Wright foot the bill personally for Duffy’s $90,000 in disputed Senate expenses.

Ray Novak: Harper’s current chief of staff and a senior campaign director who has been travelling with the prime minister during the election campaign, he’s one of the people in the party and the government who is closest to the prime minister.