"[T]he privileges committee is not even a proper legal set up. It has a gossamer of constitutional propriety thrown over it, but it is in fact a political committee against Boris Johnson."
— Jacob Rees-Mogg

January 1, 1970

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On GB News (30 March 2023) reproduced in a privileges committee report on other parliamentarian's conduct during their investigation into Boris Johnson, as cited in "The remarks that got these Johnson allies in hot water with the Partygate committee" ITV News (29 June 2023). Rees-Mogg, six other Conservative MPs and a peer were accused of putting "improper pressure" on the committee's MPs.