Johnson deliberately misled MPs over Covid parties: Panel

A committee of UK lawmakers harshly rebuked former UK PM Boris Johnson on Thursday, saying he lied to Parliament about lockdown-flouting parties and was complicit in a campaign to intimidate those investigating his conduct during the coronavirus pandemic.

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LONDON

The House of Commons Privileges Committee found Johnson’s actions were such a flagrant violation of the rules that they warranted a 90-day suspension from Parliament.

The release of the Commons committee’s scathing 77-page report on Thursday touched off an angry exchange of recriminations. Johnson repeated his claim that the panel was a “kangaroo court” bent on ousting him from Parliament.

The committee said the defense he had provided was an after-the-fact justification and “no more than an artifice.”