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BORIS JOHNSON has admitted misleading MPs over partygate but denied doing so “intentionally or recklessly” as his defence dossier was published today.
The former PM rejected accusations of a “cover-up” and insisted his partygate assurances were made “in good faith” based on what he believed at the time.
He accused the cross-party privileges committee of overstepping its remit in his 52-page defence released a day before the live grilling will determine his political fate.
Mr Johnson blamed his advisers, arguing it was “unprecedented and absurd” to suggest he was reckless to rely on assurances from them over the lockdown parties.
He said he relied on advice from his former director of communications, Jack Doyle, that a Christmas party was “within the rules” before insisting to the House that “all guidance was followed completely.”
The group of MPs undertaking the inquiry said his legal argument “contains no new documentary evidence” as Mr Johnson seeks to convince them he did not act in contempt of Parliament.
