by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed on a wide variety of topics when you come onto a show like this today, and that s what i ve been informed. dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointing mr pincher
so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed on a wide variety of topics when you come onto a show like this today, and that s what i ve been informed. dominic cummings, former aide, now bitter critic of mrjohnson, has weighed in, saying long before appointing mr pincher, mrjohnson had laugh
of sexual misconduct. more allegations have emerged since he resigned. downing street is still insisting that the prime minister hadn t known about the specific concerns regarding mr pincher. earlier today, ministers were sticking to that line. i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations. as has been well reported, people spoke to him on friday and with the agreement of the chief whip the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process and it s important that process is allowed to happen. that was the minister therese coffey speaking to sophie raworth earlier this morning. live to westminster and our political correspondent damian grammaticas. do you sense the pressure is going where macro growing, given these questions? the where macro growing, given these cuestions? ~ , , questions? the prime minister is back here after questions? the prime minister is back here after an questions? the prime minister
in february, when mr pincher was made whip, one of those mps contacted downing street to relay his concerns. downing street has said that at the time, borisjohnson was not aware of any specific allegations, something repeated by a minister today. so how can you be sure that he didn t know about the allegations? well, i m saying that i ve been informed this morning he did not know about specific allegations, as has been well reported. people who spoke to him on friday and in agreement with the chief whip, the whip was removed from chris pincher, who, by the way, is now under a formal investigation process. and it s important that process is allowed to happen. so i m still not clear, who has told you that the prime minister, and who has told you with certainty the prime minister didn t know about the allegations? somebody from the number 10 press office. so the number 10 press office says categorically that he didn t know about them? well, as i say, i ve been, as usual, one gets briefed
feelings. i won t mince words. the video you re about to watch is heartbreaking and very tough to take and. i know many of you will have questions after this press conference. but i have a number of questions myself that need to be answered. but i would like to stress to the community, police, is that the independent, which means the investigation being conducted independently by the criminal bureau of investigation in attorney generals office will take time to work through this. our media information packet includes a rough timeline of how the investigation process will proceed, in addition a timeline of events of this past monday. i am urging all of our residents please reserve your full judgment until the investigation is complete. listen, you will have to do one of the most difficult things that i can ever ask someone to do. that is to please be patient and let the attorney general do their work. let me also emphasize the steps