Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the subject of new reports about possible new violations of anti-Covid rules, according to concordant sources on Tuesday.
The former head of the Conservative government, forced to resign last summer after a succession of scandals, mainly that of the parties in Downing Street in violation of anti-Covid rules, has already been sanctioned with a fine.
But as the Times revealed on Tuesday, the executive branch - the Cabinet Office - has made new reports to the police, as new elements have emerged in the preparation of the investigation into the management of the pandemic.
'Potential' violations in Downing Street
London police said they were "assessing" information provided by the Cabinet Office on May 19, about "potential" breaches of anti-Covid rules in Downing Street between June 2020 and May 2021.
According to the Times, Thames Valley police have also confirmed they have received a report of events at Chequers, the country residence of British prime ministers.
His seat as an MP at stake?
A spokesman for Boris Johnson denounced to the Times an "obvious attempt to fabricate something out of thin air for political reasons", pointing out that the former prime minister's lawyers have argued, both to the Cabinet Office and to the ongoing parliamentary inquiry, that the disputed events were legal.
Boris Johnson is indeed under a parliamentary inquiry that must determine whether he lied to Parliament by repeatedly claiming that all health restrictions had been respected in Downing Street during the pandemic.
Boris Johnson was heard for more than three hours on March 22 by the committee in this case that can go as far as costing him his seat as an MP, and said "hand on heart" that he did not lie to Parliament.
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