Ex-boss of Quebec Anti-Corruption Unit Orchestrated Sensitive Leaks to Media: Judge

Ex-boss of Quebec Anti-Corruption Unit Orchestrated Sensitive Leaks to Media: Judge
UPAC commissioner Robert Lafrenière speaks to the media at a news conference in Montreal on Oct. 31, 2017. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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A Quebec court judge is accusing the former head of the province’s anti-corruption unit of derailing a high-profile fraud trial by orchestrating a system of controlled leaks to the media.

Judge André Perreault says in a heavily redacted court document that Robert Lafrenière was behind sensitive leaks to journalists in order to pressure the government at the time to renew his mandate as head of the anti-corruption squad.