The top political staffer in Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s office will have her personal phone messages and emails searched following a grilling Thursday by Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s defence lawyers.
Norman’s lawyer Marie Henein demanded to know whether Zita Astravas — currently Sajjan’s chief of staff, but previously a senior staffer in the Prime Minister’s Office — had searched her personal files in response to subpoenas seeking communications related to the Norman case.
Under questioning from Henein Thursday morning, Astravas said she had two phones: a government-issued Blackberry, and a personal iPhone. But Astravas only searched the Blackberry in response to the subpoenas, as she understood that was the advice of the Department of National Defence. She also did not search her personal emails, and did not know whether her Blackberry messages were included in the search.
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