Johnson has denied any wrongdoing, but he is alleged to have been at several of the dozen events that are being investigated by the police.
The news came after London's Metropolitan Police force said earlier Tuesday that it was issuing 30 more fixed penalty notices in relation to the"partygate" scandal, which has angered many in Britain and seen dozens of politicians and officials investigated over allegations that the government flouted its own pandemic restrictions.
In January, civil servant Sue Gray published a report into some of the gatherings, the ones not under criminal investigation. She said"failures of leadership and judgment" in Johnson's government allowed events to occur that should not have happened.
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