Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla has rejected allegations of irregularities and foreign interference in her campaign, saying they’re part of a campaign to “discredit” her campaign.
“To all those that think that there may have been any foreign interference in my campaign, I want to make it very clear that there has been none,” Dhalla said in a video posted to social media on Feb. 20.
The Liberal Party has said $21,000 in contributions to Dhalla’s campaign were frozen, as it investigates whether 12 of the donors surpassed maximum contribution amounts.
“When multiple maximum donations are processed on the same credit card, the party reaches out to those donors directly to confirm that these donations were made on the credit card issued from a joint bank account held in the names of both co-donors,” the Liberal Party said in a statement to CBC News….