COVID Inquiry Should Get Boris Johnson’s Unredacted Messages, High Court Rules

Then Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, on Dec. 8, 2021. Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

The Cabinet Office will have to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages, notebooks, and diaries to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, the High Court has ruled.

Baroness Heather Hallett, chairwoman of the UK’s official COVID-19 inquiry, told the government in April to hand over the former prime minister’s unredacted messages and notes.