LONDON — Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary enquiry there was no evidence that he intentionally misled lawmakers about illegal parties held at his Downing Street office during Covid-19 lockdowns. Parliament's Committee of Privileges has been investigating statements that Johnson made to the chamber in Dec 2021 to establish whether he intentionally set out to mislead lawmakers...
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at a residence in London, UK, March 3, 2023.LONDON — Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a parliamentary enquiry there was no evidence that he intentionally misled lawmakers about illegal parties held at his Downing Street office during Covid-19 lockdowns.
He described some of the allegations he faced from the committee — made up of seven lawmakers with a majority of members from Johnson's governing Conservative Party — as illogical and absurd, accusing it of being unfair, highly partisan and going beyond its terms of reference. On its website the committee said Johnson's written statement contained "no new documentary evidence", adding that it would "consider carefully the further arguments made by Mr Johnson and respond to them" in its final report.
In an interim report published this month, the committee said Johnson might have misled parliament on four occasions and said the rule-breaking should have been "obvious" to him.
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