Gilles Cloutier, Charbonneau commission witness, facing perjury allegations

A political organizer who admitted to orchestrating more than a dozen turn-key elections in Quebecis now facing perjury allegations linked to his Charbonneau commission testimony, according to Radio-Canada.

GillesCloutier was arrested and questioned by provincial police on Sept. 2 in connection with 15 allegations of perjury.

No charges have been laid.

Cloutier testified before the province's corruption commission in 2013.

His bombshell testimonytouched on everything from cooked books to straw man fundraising, but it primarily focused on elections he was brought in to engineer outside of the city of Montreal.

During his time in the witness box, a Parti Qubcois lawyer accused Cloutier of lying.

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Cloutier says he only told the commission the truth.

However during his testimony, he admitted he had lied about one thing:he was not the owner of a home used by engineering firm Roche to woo politicians.

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That lie as well as several others led to his arrest, according to Radio-Canada.

The police investigation into the perjury allegations was only revealed duringCloutier'stestimony at another trial.

Thatfraud case involves the former mayor ofBoisbriandand employees at some Quebec engineering firms.

While he was being questioned,Cloutierreportedly told police key members of theCharbonneauCommission came to him after his testimony to reassure him about the lie he already admitted to his in testimony.

According to court documents, Cloutier alleged that lead counsel Sonia Lebel told him not to worry about his testimony.

Lebel denies this.

The defence is now arguing Cloutieris no longer credible or reliable.