Greg DelBigio resigns as special prosecutor hours after B.C. Liberal government announces his appointment

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      The provincial government and lawyer Greg DelBigio do not believe there's any conflict of interest in him acting as a special prosecutor.

      But he still decided to step down after questions were raised about him defending a B.C. Liberal party official in another case involving a special prosecutor.

      This morning, the criminal justice branch announced that the Vancouver lawyer would serve as a special prosecutor liaising with Mounties.

      It concerned an RCMP probe into revelations in Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham's damning report on how government officials sometimes triple-delete emails, circumventing freedom-of-information requests.

      Later today, the criminal justice branch revealed that DelBigio has withdrawn from the case.

      It's because he's representing Mark Robertson, who faces three charges in connection with the ethnic-outreach scandal. In this instance, government money funded the B.C. Liberal party's efforts to appeal to diverse communities. It's unrelated to the triple-delete scandal.

      The first to point out this situation was the Stop the BC Liberals Twitter feed.

      According to the criminal justice branch statement, DelBigio "determined, out of respect for the importance of maintaining public confidence in the administration of justice, that even a risk of a perception of potential conflict must be avoided".

      Robertson's coaccused is Brian Bonney, a former B.C. government communications official and long-time political supporter of Premier Christy Clark.

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