Boris Johnson ‘did not immediately recall’ being briefed about Chris Pincher
by Heather Stewart and Peter Walker from on (#6132C)
PM forgot he had been told about investigation that upheld complaint about Pincher's behaviour, minister says
Boris Johnson did not immediately recall," that he had been briefed about an investigation that found the former deputy chief whip Chris Pincher behaved inappropriately in 2019, the Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis has claimed.
The former Foreign Office permanent secretary Simon McDonald published an extraordinary letter on Tuesday suggesting No 10 had repeatedly misled the public about what Johnson knew about past claims against Pincher.
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