More Rob Ford investigation documents could be released
Posted March 19, 2014 7:24 am.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – More documents related to Project Brazen 2, the Toronto Police investigation into Mayor Rob Ford, could be released on Wednesday.
Media lawyers are in court arguing for access to search warrant information.
Project Brazen 2 arose from the force’s year-long Project Traveller probe focusing on organized crime, violence, guns and drugs. It investigated Ford and his occasional driver Alexander Lisi, who faces extortion and drug trafficking charges.
Lisi’s lawyers saw the documents on Monday, and if there are no objections, some of the pages could be sent to the media. If not, the case returns to court on March 28.
According to a report in the Toronto Star, Coun. Doug Ford said he’s not even paying attention to it.
The investigation and the seizure of the so-called crack video have also led to a very public feud between the mayor and the police chief.
Ontario provincial police have agreed to assume an oversight role in the investigation at the request of Toronto police chief Bill Blair.
Police documents that were released last year showed Ford and Lisi meeting and contained interviews with former members of the mayor’s staff.
The former staffers alleged the mayor was intoxicated at work, drank while driving and associated with suspected prostitutes.
The allegations contained in the document have not been proven in court.
The court will argue about more contested documents, such as cellphone records, on March 28.
With files from The Canadian Press
