Trudeau’s top adviser resigns but denies wrongdoing

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top adviser has resigned while denying allegations he pressured Canada’s former attorney general to avoid prosecuting a major Canadian engineering firm.
Principal Secretary Gerald Butts has been Trudeau’s closet adviser and best friend since university. Butts issued a statement Monday denying that he or anybody else in Trudeau’s office pressured Jody Wilson-Raybould.
He said he’s leaving in order to defend himself