Boris Johnson lashes out at Privileges Committee's deranged' findings

Boris Johnson has accused the Privileges Committee of making Mystic Meg claims and reaching a deranged conclusion, in a blistering response to its report.The former prime minister released a 1,678-word statement lashing out at the Tory-majority group of MPs he has repeatedly sought to disparage.It came after they found he committed repeated contempts of Parliament by deliberately misleading the Commons with his partygate denials before being complicit in a campaign of abuse and intimidation of the committee.

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