mayor. now the favorite to become britain s next prime minister former foreign secretary boris johnson has to appear in court over allegations that he lied to voters ahead of the chair $1016.00 brags that referendum the case around the leave campaign s claim that britain would save $350000000.00 pounds per week if it left the european union the private prosecution against johnson who campaigned for britain to leave has been brought to court by businessman marcus ball. but get more on the story with our correspondent did a lot of pots are standing by for us in london i shall have to tell us more about the accusations that boris johnson is facing here. so boris johnson is basically accused of misconduct in public office that means in concrete terms he s accused of lying while he was leading the leaf campaign in that referendum
over 3 years ago he s accused of lying to the british public about the money that britain spends on its european union membership you mention to some $350000000.00 pounds per week he said it spent on the european union by british voters and taxpayers money and the actual number is a much lower because the european union pays britain back so that is at the center of the issue and today a judge ruled that this case will actually be brought forward so johnson has to physically appear in court in about $3.00 to $4.00 weeks time and if then this case will be brought forward even more it will go to the crown court where a jury will in the end have a verdict on this case that could take up to 6 months will challenge that this is not coming at a very good time for boris johnson he is the leading candidate to succeed theresa may as british prime minister so what will this do to that.