Scheer spoke later in the day, reiterating his previous call for Trudeau to resign. He described Trudeau's press conference as "a complete, phony act of fake sincerity" and accused the prime minister of lying to the country. "It's now beyond dispute that he and his office bullied and threatened Ms. Wilson-Raybould in an attempt to get her to let SNC-Lavalin off the hook. When she resisted these attempts, he fired her," he said. Scheer accused Trudeau of neglecting all other government business to focus on "damage control" around Wilson-Raybould and SNC-Lavalin.