Statement from NDP Ethics Critic Charlie Angus

RCMP court documents have revealed new details about the $90,000 secret payout to Mike Duffy from the Prime Minister's then Chief of Staff Nigel Wright, contradicting Stephen Harper's version of events.

In the House of Commons, NDP leader Tom Mulcair asked the Prime Minister clear and straightforward questions about who in his office was involved in the secret pay out.

RCMP investigators have now said that this payment was part of a "fraud against the government." According to the RCMP, at least three people in Stephen Harper's inner circle knew of the Senator's financial problems and plans to cover it up with a secret payment.

The Prime Minister's Office orchestrated the illegal payment to Senator Duffy, the Conservative Party was implicated and knew about the cover up. Stephen Harper is responsible for the PMO and is the Head of the Conservative Party.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper willfully misled Canadians. It is long past time Conservatives come forward and come clean about their role in this affair.