Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson will face hours of questioning by a committee of U.K. lawmakers on Wednesday over whether he misled Parliament about rule-breaking parties in government buildings during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Johnson is due to give evidence to the committee and will be fighting for his political career in the hearing. If the House of Commons Committee of Privileges concludes Johnson lied deliberately, he could be suspended or even lose his seat in Parliament.

In a statement, Johnson said, "the evidence conclusively shows that I did not knowingly or recklessly mislead Parliament." He continued, "The committee has produced not a shred of evidence to show that I have."

In an interim report this month, the committee — made up of Conservative and opposition lawmakers — said evidence strongly suggested that it would have been "obvious" to Johnson that gatherings in his Downing Street offices in 2020 and 2021 broke COVID-19 lockdown rules.

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