Parliamentary Probe Into Partygate Is ‘Witch Hunt’ Say Johnson Allies

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves while walking to a waiting car as he leaves from 10 Downing Street to head to the Houses of Parliament for the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, in central London, on July 13, 2022. Carlos Jasso/AFP via Getty Images

Allies of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have spoken out against who they consider part of a “witch hunt” by a parliamentary committee that could lead to the outgoing prime minister’s removal from Parliament.

Still Johnson’s detractors, including at least one MP inside Johnson’s own party, say that the work of the committee is fair and unbiased.