Live Chat
Live: Mike Duffy Trial
Follow along with our live blog for updates of court proceedings:
3rd & 7 37yd
3rd & 7 37yd
B
S
O
close
close

-





-
-
-
-
DB reading document: “Senators may use their Senators’ Research and Office Expense Budget to obtain their services of contractors, including individuals, agencies and organizations. This option is ideal for short-term purposes such as speech writing or researching a project undertaken by senators in their parliamentary capacity.”
-
-
-
SM: Yes. You’re right, Senator can submit invoices without contract to be paid, and it’s accepted with a certification document. However, I don’t recall exactly if this was after 2008, Senator were advised that best practices is whenever they need a service, to send a request to prior to services starting.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Meet @GregBanning, the illustrator in the national spotlight for his Mike Duffy trial sketches ow.ly/LAAFG http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCjjKznUsAAizFf.jpg
by CTV News via twitter retweeted by omarsachedina 4/15/2015 1:52:23 PM -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
JN pointing to section: "All purchases must be on the list of eligible expenses, conform to Senate policies, and be of reasonable cost and quality. In addition, senators are to pay for purchases from his or her personal funds and submit a request to the Finance Directorate for payment. The American Express corporate credit card may now be used in these circumstances, nor should the supplier be requested to send the invoice to the Finance Directorate for payment." ...
-
(Bayne objects that Neubauer shouldn't be going through a document related to Finance with Makhlouf.
Judge sides with Crown because Bayne went through finance documents about petty cash under $2,500 "extensively" in its cross examination. Judge: "I recognize that this witness is being dragged into an area she isn't familiar with." ... "I want to make it clear that the lens I'm looking through is a very limited one."] -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-