Senior aides of Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including his national security advisor Nathalie Drouin, shared confidential information about India - and claiming 'interference' in Ottawa's affairs - to a US paper,

As Justin Trudeau faces political troubles at home, a Canadian newspaper has reported that a close aide of the prime minister leaked “intel” to the Washington Post before the police held an official briefing.

Notably, this intelligence was not scheduled for public release until RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme's planned news conference on Thanksgiving Day.

Canadian national security adviser Nathalie Drouin and deputy minister David Morrison reportedly briefed The Washington Post on India's alleged interference in Canada days before RCMP's public accusations of connections to homicides and violent crimes.