Boris Johnson unable to hand over WhatsApp messages because he ‘forgot his pin’

“If they want, they can open his phone and find out what’s in it, but there is no political will.”

Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages not being handed to the covid inquiry due to him ‘forgetting his pin’ is ‘irrelevant’ says @andrewismaxwell #timesradio

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[TorianTammas]

The clown should hand over the phone they can bypass the password he lied about.

[alantheinquirer]

Sadly, it has now been announced that as the 'phone (and data) is government property, the government has confirmed that THEY have the PIN to it.
"Sorry, Johnson - just give up now."

[maineusaMax]

Boris also forgot he had COVID parties every night....lol.

[orraman]

It's not only Bozo's future political career which is put in peril when the WhatsApp messages are turned over.

[davidpnewton]

Do I believe him when he claims to have "forgotten" his password? No.

He is a proven liar with a long and varied history of being untruthful for political advantage. In this case my inclination is to draw the inference as a result that the messages prove either all or substantively most of what his opponents say about him.

He doesn't get the benefit of the doubt from me.

[MalcolmH-fxzj]

If you watch 24hours in police custody, they find pin numbers for phones using technology.

[kpcm]

Boris hand them over and stop been a 🔔 end

[cobbler]

Boris does have trouble remembering certain things. But not those who were disloyal !

[cobbler]

I remember a member of a select committee saying to Johnson “having trouble with your memory again ?”.

[gary]

This phone will be handed over once the incriminating messages are all deleted.

[californiadreamin]

This is NOT a laughing matter. People died.

[GF_MF]

Can they not just log into his Whatsapp account on a computer or take his sim out and put it in a new phone and re-download the app? Is all the data not stored on a server anyway rather than on his phone?

[benthornhill]

Seize the phone and hack it or get the data from Meta.

[transientaardvark]

I hadn't realised that Andrew Maxwell was a cyber security expert in addition to being a comedian.

[mwoxo]

A lame excuse befitting of a lame enquiry.

[alisonburgin]

He's playing games and should be punished

[patshiels]

Forgot his password don’t believe that for a moment The doughnut should be able to sort it

[himoffthequakeroatbox]

Failure to comply with a section 49 notice carries a penalty up to 6 months in prison, or 5 years for national security issues. Alternatively, see xkcd cartoon 538.
Though other outlets announced two days ago that they found it on a post-it note somewhere...

[missma]

He lost his password ffs you couldnt write it... it just goes to sbow their hiding stuff

[glynsmith]

He couldn't remember what he said a Lebedev's (sic) party either.