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UK’s Boris Johnson denies he lied over ‘Partygate’ scandal

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave his deposition to the Parliament in London [Peter Nicholls/Reuters]

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied lying to the United Kingdom’s parliament during a televised deposition part of an inquiry into the so-called “Partygate” scandal.

After taking an oath on the Bible, Johnson told a parliamentary standards committee that everything he had told the legislators regarding the gatherings held in 10 Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic was done “in good faith and based on what I honestly believed at the time”.

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