A UK Parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal is “unfair” and “fundamentally flawed,” a top lawyer hired by the government has argued.
The probe being conducted by the Privileges Committee of the House of Commons aims to establish whether Johnson committed contempt of Parliament by telling the House on several occasions that no parties were held in Downing Street at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in violation of lockdown rules.
The law-breaking parties in Downing Street were among the scandals that forced Johnson’s resignation as Conservative Party leader on July 7.
If he is found to have lied to Parliament, he could be suspended from the House of Commons or even kicked out in a by-election after a recall petition….