precisely took place, what boris johnson said about it, and what the reality actually was. and so they looked at six gatherings in particular, five were thank you parties or leaving dos as they say, leaving drinks for colleagues moving on to greener pastures. and one was boris johnson s birthday which he concedes himself that was in violation of the rules. but he says look, at the time that he made the statement in the house of commons, december 8, he genuinely believe this had to be true when he said that i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there were no there was no party and no covid rules were broken and that is what i have been repeatedlies assured. so this was december 2021. the committee found that, look, you ought to have known what the rules were and you ought to have known that there were serious questions about is the suggestion that he didn t receive that advice? yeah, so the report again,
these charges beyond a reasonable doubt than the prosecutors have to drop.% they have an ethical duty that they can t move forward. reporter: in the meantime, the u.s. army says it s causing two new ads for its recruitment campaign that feature majors. none of the studios are saying they are backing away from jonathan. variety senior editor mark moment and is waiting for the legal process to play out. days before the arrest, searchlight pictures announced that his new movie which premiered at sun sundance will be released december 8. reporter: manhattan district attorney s office tell cbs news this investigation is ongoing but provided no additional comment. majors next court appearance is monday, may 8. norah: carol burnett, thank you. overseas, prince harry, elton john the number of other high-profile figures appeared in court today on the first day at a hearing against a publisher of the daily mail newspaper.
rules on monday. we re going through the steering process of getting folks on committees. for example, when we say jake, we put out a list on december 8 saying, hey, here is what we think we need to transform this place, here is what we need to see in any speaker. we ve been out and open on that. this isn t about chip roy wants a spot on a committee. i haven t been promised anything. i haven t gotten anything out of this deal, me personally. does that mean i ll end up on a committee? maybe, if that s what my colleagues want. we still have to go through that practice. what we have extracted is promises from the speaker to make sure we have ideological diversity of representation on the committees. two freedom caucus member out of 33. rules committee, always a struggle to get anybody on there who is going to push back about, w wait, why are we jamming a bill through that nobody has read?
to show democrats and republicans, tough negotiations, et cetera. will in the name of transparency, will you or the speaker put out a list of the concessions and changes? they re not all reflected in the rules that will come up for a vote this week. sure. again, part of this is all sensitive as you re going through it and holding everybody together. we ve got to get through the rules on monday. we re going through the steering process of getting folks on committees. for example, when we say jake, we put out a list on december 8 saying, hey, here is what we think we need to transform this place, here is what we need to see in any speaker. we ve been out and open on that. i want to make clear , this isn t about chip roy wants a spot on a committee. i haven t been promised anything. i haven t gotten anything out of this deal, me personally. does that mean i ll end up on a rules commit year? committee? maybe, if that s what my colleagues want. we still have to go through that practic