The former prime minister told Nadine Dorries that the report had been used to blacken his name despite a lack of evidence that he had actually attended events that broke lockdown rules.
Boris Johnson has compared Partygate to the Salem witch trials and criticised Sue Gray's report into what happened for fuelling attempts to drive him from office.
'Most people think, as a result of her narrative, that I was either at illegal parties or knew about illegal parties, and I did not.The former PM vented his anger at the investigation by Sue Gray, who has now become Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer 's chief of staff It began life under cabinet secretary Simon Case but was taken over by Ms Gray after it emerged that one of the alleged lockdown gatherings had taken place in Mr Case's office.
Speaking to Ms Dorries, Mr Johnson likened the case to the infamous Salem witch trials in 17th century Massachusetts.
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