Mike Duffy, the senator on trial … is a winner?

Nicholas Köhler explains why Mike Duffy has, in his own way, won by speaking his mind at his trial

<p>Suspended senator Mike Duffy arrives at court in Ottawa on Monday, April 27, 2015. Duffy is facing 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust, bribery, frauds on the government related to inappropriate Senate expenses. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)</p>

Suspended senator Mike Duffy arrives at court in Ottawa on Monday, April 27, 2015. Duffy is facing 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust, bribery, frauds on the government related to inappropriate Senate expenses. (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)

Mike Duffy became a senator—and then it all fell apart. Charged with 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery, the former broadcaster felt personally persecuted by the Stephen Harper’s coterie of advisors—and so, argues Nicholas Köhler, Duffy has spent his time on trial seeking revenge.

Read his full story about the dark, surprising truth of Sen. Duffy’s trial in the latest issue of Maclean’s, on newsstands both digital and physical this week.

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