I believe Boris Johnson told MP partygate 調査 the truth, Michael Gove says
Michael Gove said he believed Boris Johnson was telling the truth when he told the 特権s 委員会 he “did not think he was breaking” Covid 支配するs when …に出席するing leaving dos in No 10.
The Levelling-Up 長官 said he 受託するd Mr Johnson’s 証拠 that he saw thanking 出発／死ing staff during the pandemic as “part of” the 職業 of 主要な the country through the 危機.
The former 首相 耐えるd more than three hours of 尋問 on Wednesday at the 手渡すs of MPs as they 調査／捜査する whether he misled 議会 with his 保証／確信s over いわゆる partygate.
Mr Johnson …に出席するd a number of leavings dos in 負かす／撃墜するing Street, having been pictured toasting 従業員s and giving speeches when 世帯s were banned from mixing.
The former 保守的な Party leader told the パネル盤 of MPs he “honestly believed that these events were lawful work 集会s” and that he regarded it as “必須の” for him to thank 出発／死ing staff who had worked on the UK 政府’s 扱うing of coronavirus.
Mr Johnson, who 保証するd MPs while he was 首相 that “all 指導／手引 was followed in 完全に in No 10”, could 直面する 中断 from the House of ありふれたs or even a 補欠選挙 if the 委員会 finds him in contempt of 議会.
Mr Gove, asked on BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme whether he believed the former 首相’s 証拠, said: “Yes, I did.”
It （機の）カム after he was shown a clip from the 放送者’s Question Time programme which 空気／公表するd on Thursday evening.
Presenter Fiona Bruce asked the audience who out of them believed Mr Johnson’s 合理的な／理性的な for …に出席するing 別れの（言葉，会） events for staff while strict social distancing 支配するs were in place, but not one person raised their 手渡す.
Mr Gove said “all of us” had at some point “told a white 嘘（をつく） or an untruth” but said he 受託するd the former British leader’s explanations.
“What was Boris’ argument? He was working incredibly hard, every hour that the Lord sent ーするために try and do the 権利 thing,” said Mr Gove.
“He believed that 説 thank you to people who were leaving in the cramped and 限定するd circumstances of 10 負かす／撃墜するing Street was part of that 職業.
“Did he …に出席する those events in a spirit of self-indulgence? No, he did so ーするために show his 感謝 to those who were working with him.
Levelling-Up 長官 Michael Gove said he believed Boris Johnson´s 証言 to MPs (Jeff Overs/BBC)< /p>
“It will be for the 特権s 委員会 to decide, for Members of 議会 to decide.
“But I worked with Boris during that period and I am inclined to give him not just the 利益 of the 疑問 but to believe that when he places his 手渡す on his heart and he said he did not think he was breaking the 支配するs, I do believe him.”
Mr Gove served in Mr Johnson’s 閣僚 and （機の）カム to be seen as a 重要な 人物／姿／数字 にもかかわらず having helped torpedo his 保守的な leadership ambitions in 2016 by quitting as his 選挙事務長 and standing for leader himself.
In July, fellow Leave 選挙運動者 Mr Gove was 解雇（する）d after 個人として telling Mr Johnson he should stand 負かす／撃墜する in the 影響 of partygate and the 熱狂的興奮状態 over his 扱うing of 性の 不品行／姦通 主張s made against his former 副 長，指導者 whip Chris Pincher.
A day after Mr Gove was 解雇（する）d as levelling-Up 長官, a position 総理大臣 Rishi Sunak later 回復するd him to, Mr Johnson 辞職するd from No 10.
Mr Johnson was 罰金d by the 主要都市の Police as part of the 軍隊’s partygate 調査.
Both he and Mr Sunak, the-then （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長, paid £50 直す／買収する，八百長をするd-刑罰，罰則 notices for …に出席するing Mr Johnson’s birthday bash in the 閣僚 room on June 19 2020.
The 特権s 委員会 is 始める，決める to publish its findings after the 復活祭 break on whether Mr Johnson committed a contempt of 議会.
Boris Johnson and Michael Gove as they 小旅行する of the DCS Group, Stratford-upon-Avon, while on the EU 国民投票 （選挙などの）運動をする 小旅行する (Andrew Parsons/PA)
The パネル盤 of MPs, 議長，司会を務めるd by 労働’s Harriet Harman but which has a Tory 大多数, can make a 推薦 on any 罰 but the ultimate 決定／判定勝ち（する） will 嘘（をつく） with the 十分な House of ありふれたs.
許可／制裁s could 範囲 from a simple 陳謝 to ordering that Mr Johnson be 一時停止するd from 議会.
Any 中断 of 10 sitting days or more could 誘発する／引き起こす a 解任する 補欠選挙 in his Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat.
Later on Sunday, Mr Gove told Channel 4’s The Andrew Neil Show that Mr Johnson should 受託する the result of the 委員会’s findings.
