Ottawa Citizen/Sun journalist David Pugliese waits to appear as witness before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) investigating Russian Interference and Disinformation Campaigns in Canada in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.Photo by Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press

MPs fell for disinformation, Postmedia reporter accused of being Russian spy tells committee

David Pugliese said he was testifying to correct the record and defend himself from a 'character assassination' carried out under parliamentary privilege

by · National Post

OTTAWA — A veteran Ottawa Citizen journalist who was accused by a former cabinet minister of being a Russian asset said it is the “height of irony” that a parliamentary committee studying disinformation has fallen for it.

David Pugliese told the House of Commons security committee on Thursday he found it astonishing that none of the MPs challenged the allegations when they were made last month.