Boris Johnson was not aware of “specific claims” of sexual misconduct against Chris Pincher before making him deputy chief whip, according to a cabinet minister.
Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey said today that “I am aware that the Prime Minister was not aware of specific claims that had been made”, despite claims to the contrary.
Pincher resigned from his position as deputy chief whip on Thursday, after allegedly groping two men at the Carlton Club – a private members Conservative party club.
It has been claimed that Johnson was aware of similar past indiscretions in the past, with Dominic Cummings saying that the Prime Minister once referred to the MP as “Pincher by name, pincher by nature”.
The Tamworth MP was also accused of groping a Labour MP in 2017, but was cleared by the Conservative party, and there have been multiple reports today of a string of similar allegations spanning back a decade.
When pushed by Sky News whether Johnson knew about these claims, Coffey said: “I don’t believe he was aware, that’s what I’ve been told today.”
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