Basically, she has now decided that this is a matter of principle, politics be damned.
Note she is still a Liberal MP, and was until recently in their cabinet. It was explosive.
She alleges that over three months, all these people leaned on her to help SNC.
She said she faced "veiled threats" if she didn't revisit her decision.
In other words, she implied she had no legal authority to do what she was being leaned on to do.
She said the actions of PMO etc were inappropriate but not illegal.
His staff also suggested an "informal reach-out" by her to the prosecutor, she said.
Hence, she saw this as a matter of principle and dug in.
On one side, a bunch of political operatives at the highest level looking at a company, jobs, Quebec, elections, etc, cooking up schemes.
On the other, an AG basically saying sorry, law's the law, decision's mine, go away.
And today poured gas on the political fire.
"It is Minister Morneau’s responsibility to protect and promote the creation of jobs across Canada and he will continue to raise such important issues with all his cabinet colleagues...." [continued...]
I've asked for comment from the others she's named. Nothing yet.
ie: for the love of god, don't put others in the same position as I was in.
That is either inadvertent or a VERY funny reference to Trudeau saying earlier this month that her presence in cabinet "should speak for itself." She publicly quit the next day.
This is a key issue in this whollllle thing: it's playing much differently in Quebec than the rest of Canada.
"The prime minister and his office were disregarding the law and willing to interfere in the prosecution of executives for a massive, powerful corporation."
(For what it matters, this is not actually true.)
So, a reminder, Quebec is a big tossup in the 2019 election. SNC is based there. And the other two major parties are making little or no effort tonight to hedge at all and say they also support SNC-Lavalin or whatever.
Meanwhile, my dinner: celery, broccoli, carrots and one of those prepackaged cheese things.
"The decision concerning SNC-Lavalin was Jody Wilson-Raybould's and hers alone," Trudeau says.
He is basically sticking with his story, staying the course and also not taking a particularly harsh or critical tone with Wilson-Raybould.
* Scheer calls for Trudeau's resignation and an RCMP investigation
* Singh calls for public inquiry, stops short of demanding resignation
* Trudeau doesn't resign, says it'll all be up to voters in an election this fall