Mike Duffy trial: Links to key documents

The probe into suspended senator Mike Duffy'sspending has already produced substantial paperwork through copies of emails, court filings and other documents both he and the RCMP have used to bolster their sides of the case.

CBC News has collected the key publicly disclosed documents, starting with the Senate's own records outlining what senators may claim, and culminating with the affidavits filed by the RCMP as they compiled the information they say shows the former Conservative senator committed fraud and breach of trust.

Senate documents

• Senate travel policy, whichlists the amount senators can claim.
• Senateprimary and secondary residence declarationform.
• Senatestatement of qualification, including home province.
• May 7,2013Deloitte auditinto Duffy's primary and secondary residences.
• Original,uneditedMay 9, 2013 report by theSenate internal economy committeeon Duffy's expense claims, which makes it clear the committee believedDuffy's primary residence was in Ottawaand not PrinceEdwardIsland.Theedited versionleft out that conclusion.

Emails and other correspondence

• July, 2009 email exchange in which Duffy sought cabinet perks for the work he was doing on behalf of the Conservative Party.
• A Jan. 3, 2013memo regarding an unnamed senator's request to P.E.I. Health Minister DougCurrieaboutspeeding up the process to get a health card. The senator's name is redacted. Ahealth card was one of the pieces of identification senators could use to prove their residency.
• March 21, 2013letter from Senator Marjory LeBreton, then the government's Senate leader, to the PMO regarding its reaction to the possibility ofcreating a committee toaddress the Senate's travel rules.The documents were contained in the November, 2013 court documents filed by theRCMP.
• March, 2013emailsand draftsregarding PMOadvice to Harper on a response toLeBreton.The documents were contained in the November, 2013 RCMP court documents.
• Documentstabled in the Senateby Duffy onOct. 29, 2013, when he addressed the allegations ahead of a vote to suspend him and two other senators facing similar allegations. They include a cheque from the Conservative Party's lawyer to cover Duffy's legal fees andemailsfrom Nigel Wright, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff.
• Dec. 1, 2013 letter thePrivy Council Office wrote to theRCMPto say they hadfound theemailsof former PMO lawyer BenjaminPerrin, which were previously thought to have beendeleted.

Court filings

• June 24, 2013 Information to Obtain a production order (ITO) detailing the RCMP's allegations that Duffy submitted fraudulent housing and per diem expenses.
• Oct. 8, 2013 ITOdetailing the RCMP'sbelief that Duffy paid hisfriend Gerry Donohue $65,000 for no apparent work.
• Nov. 17, 2013 ITO alleging Duffy and Wright participated in bribery. The RCMP later said the evidence collected didn'tsupport a charge against Wright, but the Mounties did charge Duffy with receiving a bribe.
• A list of documents, including emails and bank records,sought in the ITO.
• Nov. 20, 2013 addition to the ITO.
• July 17, 2014 charge sheet, the official paperwork filed by the RCMP with the court.

Statements

• July 17, 2014 statement by Duffy's lawyer, Donald Bayne, regarding the 31 charges laid.
• July 17, 2014 statement by RCMP Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud.