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In a leaked video chat with Artur Pawlowski, Premier Danielle Smith says “I can assure you, I have asked them (prosecutors) that almost weekly ever since I got started here” about COVID prosecutions.

#yeg #yyc #ableg

Premier Smith says she was hesitant to go public with her support of Pawlowski and others because that's what got PMJT in trouble in JWR situation.

She adds that she assumed that Premiers had clemency powers like U.S Governors.

Premier Smith says that everyone has moved on from COVID, adding that she's frustrated that it was a political decision that led to the COVID charges but that it can't be a political decision to end them.

However, Premier Smith then also says she doesn't think it's politically driven now.

Adds that once the ball is rolling, that prosecutors have to be independent and that she can only ask them two questions once cases are underway. #yeg #yyc #ableg

Here is Premier Smith's rebuttal to the Pawlowski video and the news coverage of the video's contents, saying she did not contact prosecutors, nor did anyone in her office to her knowledge. #Yeg #Yyc #ableg

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1641103886231523328

In addition to a press conference where she said she talked to prosecutors, there's also this Rebel video where she makes the same claim.

Premier Smith later attributed her words to "imprecise language" and said she never talked to prosecutors.

https://twitter.com/cspotweet/status/1613691451539427328