Boris to give evidence in inquiry into whether he lied to Parliament as committee says partygate breaches were ‘obvious’ | The Sun
BORIS Johnson will give bombshell evidence to the Commons committee investigating Partygate in less than three weeks.
In a dramatic public hearing, the ex-PM will try and prove he DIDN'T lie to MPs about illegal gatherings in Downing Street during the pandemic.
It comes as the investigating Privileges Committee published its first report today, finding breaches of Covid guidance would have been "obvious" to Boris at some of the boozy events he went to.
The report also said there's evidence the ex-PM's press advisors "struggled" to believe rules were always followed.
Boris is set to give oral evidence in the week beginning March 20.
MPs on the privileges committee will then take weeks or possibly months to reach its conclusions.
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If Boris is found to have knowingly lied in the Commons chamber he faces being suspended as an MP or even expelled.
In a forthright statement BoJo said today's report vindicates" him and shows "no evidence" he "knowingly or recklessly misled parliament".
"I am grateful to the committee for their work over the last ten months," he said.
"I believe that their labours have helped establish the obvious truth: It is clear from this report that I have not committed any contempt of parliament.
"It is also clear that what I have been saying about this matter from the beginning has been vindicated."
The ex-PM also slammed the Partygate probe as tainted because it will rely on evidence from Sue Gray.
The top mandarin investigated Boris last year and produced a damning report accusing him of creating a culture of booze that led to ministers and officials breaking the rules they had inflicted on the country.
Yesterday Ms Gray quit her job in the Levelling Up Department to join Labour as Sir Keir Starmer's right-hand woman.
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Boris said: "It is surreal to discover that the committee proposes to rely on evidence culled and orchestrated by Sue Gray, who has just been appointed chief of staff to the Leader of the Labour Party.
""I leave it to others to decide how much confidence may now be placed in her inquiry and in the reports that she produced."
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