Factbox-Boris Johnson: What does UK committee report say?


Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he runs near his home in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire, Britain, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - British former prime minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament about illegal parties held at his Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns, a committee of lawmakers said on Thursday after rejecting his central defence.

Johnson quit as a member of parliament last week before the report's publication. He has accused the privileges committee, a parliamentary standards body that has investigated Johnson, of mounting a "witch-hunt" and behaving like a "kangaroo court".

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